#B09E31#B09E31

#B09E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.127 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E31
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 72.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -5.65, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 56.56, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0212 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.127 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6872, 33.9070, 7.8334)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E31 #3143B0

analogous

#B05F31 #B09E31 #83B031

triadic

#B09E31 #31B09E #9E31B0

tetradic

#B09E31 #31B05F #3143B0 #B03183

square

#B09E31 #31B05F #3143B0 #B03183

split-complementary

#B09E31 #3183B0 #5F31B0

monochromatic

#504816 #807324 #B09E31 #CEBC50 #DCCF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B09E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E31

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E31	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)

#AD9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.127 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbba70',
    500: '#b09e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e31;
$custom-light: #cbba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69541,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E31

secondary

#7883C5

accent

#5EE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E31

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

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