#B09F31#B09F31

#B09F31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.127 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09F31
RGB	rgb(176, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 72.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -6.18, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 56.88, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0227 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.127 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8584, 34.2496, 7.8905)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09F31 #3142B0

analogous

#B06031 #B09F31 #81B031

triadic

#B09F31 #31B09F #9F31B0

tetradic

#B09F31 #31B060 #3142B0 #B03181

square

#B09F31 #31B060 #3142B0 #B03181

split-complementary

#B09F31 #3181B0 #6031B0

monochromatic

#504916 #807424 #B09F31 #CEBD50 #DCCF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B09F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B09F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09F31

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09F31	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.127 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbb70',
    500: '#b09f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09f31;
$custom-light: #cbbb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69756,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09F31

secondary

#7882C5

accent

#5CE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09F31

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

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