#B09E2E#B09E2E

#B09E2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.129 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E2E
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 73.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -5.79, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 57.70, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0219 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.129 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6260, 33.8825, 7.5111)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E2E #2E40B0

analogous

#B05D2E #B09E2E #81B02E

triadic

#B09E2E #2EB09E #9E2EB0

tetradic

#B09E2E #2EB05D #2E40B0 #B02E81

square

#B09E2E #2EB05D #2E40B0 #B02E81

split-complementary

#B09E2E #2E81B0 #5D2EB0

monochromatic

#4F4715 #7F7221 #B09E2E #D0BE4B #DDCF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B09E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E2E

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E2E	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.129 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbba6f',
    500: '#b09e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e2e;
$custom-light: #cbba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 58.559,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69519,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E2E

secondary

#7580C5

accent

#5CE246

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E2E

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

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