#B09E2C#B09E2C

#B09E2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.130 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E2C
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 75%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -5.88, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 58.43, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0224 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.13 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5875, 33.8671, 7.3083)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E2C #2C3EB0

analogous

#B05C2C #B09E2C #80B02C

triadic

#B09E2C #2CB09E #9E2CB0

tetradic

#B09E2C #2CB05C #2C3EB0 #B02C80

square

#B09E2C #2CB05C #2C3EB0 #B02C80

split-complementary

#B09E2C #2C80B0 #5C2CB0

monochromatic

#4E4614 #7F7220 #B09E2C #D1BF48 #DDD079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B09E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E2C

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E2C	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.130 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbba6e',
    500: '#b09e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e2c;
$custom-light: #cbba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69505,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E2C

secondary

#727EC6

accent

#5AE345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E2C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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