#B09F36#B09F36

#B09F36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.124 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09F36
RGB	rgb(176, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 69.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -5.92, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 54.91, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0214 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.124 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9699, 34.2941, 8.4774)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09F36 #3647B0

analogous

#B06236 #B09F36 #84B036

triadic

#B09F36 #36B09F #9F36B0

tetradic

#B09F36 #36B062 #3647B0 #B03684

square

#B09F36 #36B062 #3647B0 #B03684

split-complementary

#B09F36 #3684B0 #6236B0

monochromatic

#524A19 #817528 #B09F36 #CCBB58 #DACE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B09F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B09F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09F36

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09F36	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.124 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbb73',
    500: '#b09f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09f36;
$custom-light: #cbbb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69795,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09F36

secondary

#7E88C4

accent

#60DC4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09F36

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

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