#B09F38#B09F38

#B09F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.123 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09F38
RGB	rgb(176, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -5.81, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 54.09, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.0209 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.123 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0178, 34.3133, 8.7299)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09F38 #3849B0

analogous

#B06338 #B09F38 #85B038

triadic

#B09F38 #38B09F #9F38B0

tetradic

#B09F38 #38B063 #3849B0 #B03885

square

#B09F38 #38B063 #3849B0 #B03885

split-complementary

#B09F38 #3885B0 #6338B0

monochromatic

#534B1A #827529 #B09F38 #CBBB5B #D9CE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B09F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B09F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09F38

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09F38	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)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.123 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbb74',
    500: '#b09f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09f38;
$custom-light: #cbbb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69812,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09F38

secondary

#808AC4

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09F38

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

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