#B09E37#B09E37

#B09E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.123 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E37
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 68.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -5.33, 53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 54.17, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0196 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.123 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8223, 33.9611, 8.5453)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E37 #3749B0

analogous

#B06137 #B09E37 #86B037

triadic

#B09E37 #37B09E #9E37B0

tetradic

#B09E37 #37B061 #3749B0 #B03786

square

#B09E37 #37B061 #3749B0 #B03786

split-complementary

#B09E37 #3786B0 #6137B0

monochromatic

#534A1A #817428 #B09E37 #CBBA59 #DACE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B09E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E37

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E37	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)

#AD9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.123 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbba74',
    500: '#b09e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e37;
$custom-light: #cbba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.074,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69588,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E37

secondary

#7F89C4

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E37

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

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