#B09E32#B09E32

#B09E32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E32
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 50)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 71.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -5.60, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 56.18, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0209 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7085, 33.9156, 7.9458)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E32 #3244B0

analogous

#B05F32 #B09E32 #83B032

triadic

#B09E32 #32B09E #9E32B0

tetradic

#B09E32 #32B05F #3244B0 #B03283

square

#B09E32 #32B05F #3244B0 #B03283

split-complementary

#B09E32 #3283B0 #5F32B0

monochromatic

#514817 #807324 #B09E32 #CEBC51 #DBCE81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B09E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E32

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E32	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)

#AD9A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbba71',
    500: '#b09e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e32;
$custom-light: #cbba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69548,
    "c": 0.126,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E32

secondary

#7984C4

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E32

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

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