#B09E35#B09E35

#B09E35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E35
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 69.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -5.44, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 54.99, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0202 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7754, 33.9423, 8.2979)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E35 #3547B0

analogous

#B06135 #B09E35 #84B035

triadic

#B09E35 #35B09E #9E35B0

tetradic

#B09E35 #35B061 #3547B0 #B03584

square

#B09E35 #35B061 #3547B0 #B03584

split-complementary

#B09E35 #3584B0 #6135B0

monochromatic

#524A19 #817427 #B09E35 #CCBB56 #DACE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B09E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E35

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E35	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbba73',
    500: '#b09e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e35;
$custom-light: #cbba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69572,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E35

secondary

#7D87C4

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E35

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

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