#B09E30#B09E30

#B09E30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E30
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 72.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -5.70, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 56.95, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0214 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6663, 33.8987, 7.7235)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E30 #3042B0

analogous

#B05E30 #B09E30 #82B030

triadic

#B09E30 #30B09E #9E30B0

tetradic

#B09E30 #30B05E #3042B0 #B03082

square

#B09E30 #30B05E #3042B0 #B03082

split-complementary

#B09E30 #3082B0 #5E30B0

monochromatic

#504816 #807323 #B09E30 #CFBD4E #DCCF7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B09E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E30

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E30	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)

#AD9A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbba70',
    500: '#b09e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e30;
$custom-light: #cbba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69533,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E30

secondary

#7782C5

accent

#5DE047

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E30

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

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