#B09E3A#B09E3A

#B09E3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.120 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09E3A
RGB	rgb(176, 158, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 67%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -5.15, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 52.92, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0188 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.12 99)
XYZ	xyz(30.8964, 33.9907, 8.9356)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09E3A #3A4CB0

analogous

#B0633A #B09E3A #87B03A

triadic

#B09E3A #3AB09E #9E3AB0

tetradic

#B09E3A #3AB063 #3A4CB0 #B03A87

square

#B09E3A #3AB063 #3A4CB0 #B03A87

split-complementary

#B09E3A #3A87B0 #633AB0

monochromatic

#544B1C #82752B #B09E3A #CAB95D #D9CD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B09E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B09E3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09E3A

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09E3A	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 158, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.120 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbba75',
    500: '#b09e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09e3a;
$custom-light: #cbba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 50.427,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69615,
    "c": 0.12029,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.33989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09E3A

secondary

#828CC3

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09E3A

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

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