#B09E38#B09E38

#B09E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.122 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E38
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -5.27, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 53.76, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0193 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.122 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8465, 33.9708, 8.6728)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E38 #384AB0

analogous

#B06238 #B09E38 #86B038

triadic

#B09E38 #38B09E #9E38B0

tetradic

#B09E38 #38B062 #384AB0 #B03886

square

#B09E38 #38B062 #384AB0 #B03886

split-complementary

#B09E38 #3886B0 #6238B0

monochromatic

#534B1A #827429 #B09E38 #CBBA5B #D9CD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B09E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B09E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E38

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E38	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#AD9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.122 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbba74',
    500: '#b09e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e38;
$custom-light: #cbba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69597,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E38

secondary

#808AC4

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E38

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

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