#B09F2E#B09F2E

#B09F2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09F2E
RGB	rgb(176, 159, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 73.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -6.32, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 58.01, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0234 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7972, 34.2251, 7.5681)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09F2E #2E3FB0

analogous

#B05E2E #B09F2E #80B02E

triadic

#B09F2E #2EB09F #9F2EB0

tetradic

#B09F2E #2EB05E #2E3FB0 #B02E80

square

#B09F2E #2EB05E #2E3FB0 #B02E80

split-complementary

#B09F2E #2E80B0 #5E2EB0

monochromatic

#4F4715 #7F7321 #B09F2E #D0BF4B #DDD07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B09F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#B09F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09F2E

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09F2E	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 159, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbb6f',
    500: '#b09f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09f2e;
$custom-light: #cbbb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 58.559,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69735,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09F2E

secondary

#757FC5

accent

#5AE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09F2E

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

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