#B09F27#B09F27

#B09F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.133 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09F27
RGB	rgb(176, 159, 39)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 77.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -6.62, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 60.46, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.025 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.133 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6703, 34.1743, 6.8999)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09F27 #2738B0

analogous

#B05B27 #B09F27 #7CB027

triadic

#B09F27 #27B09F #9F27B0

tetradic

#B09F27 #27B05B #2738B0 #B0277C

square

#B09F27 #27B05B #2738B0 #B0277C

split-complementary

#B09F27 #277CB0 #5B27B0

monochromatic

#4C4411 #7E721C #B09F27 #D5C240 #E0D272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B09F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B09F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09F27

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09F27	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 159, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.133 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbb6b',
    500: '#b09f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09f27;
$custom-light: #ccbb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6969,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09F27

secondary

#6C77C7

accent

#56E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09F27

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

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