#B09E36#B09E36

#B09E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.123 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E36
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 69.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -5.38, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 54.58, 95.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0199 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.123 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7986, 33.9516, 8.4204)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E36 #3648B0

analogous

#B06136 #B09E36 #85B036

triadic

#B09E36 #36B09E #9E36B0

tetradic

#B09E36 #36B061 #3648B0 #B03685

square

#B09E36 #36B061 #3648B0 #B03685

split-complementary

#B09E36 #3685B0 #6136B0

monochromatic

#524A19 #817428 #B09E36 #CCBB58 #DACE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B09E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E36

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E36	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)

#AD9A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.123 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbba73',
    500: '#b09e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e36;
$custom-light: #cbba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6958,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E36

secondary

#7E88C4

accent

#61DC4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E36

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

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