#B0A042#B0A042

#B0A042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A042
RGB	rgb(176, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -5.71, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 50.11, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0194 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4599, 34.7664, 10.2067)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A042 #4252B0

analogous

#B06942 #B0A042 #89B042

triadic

#B0A042 #42B0A0 #A042B0

tetradic

#B0A042 #42B069 #4252B0 #B04289

square

#B0A042 #42B069 #4252B0 #B04289

split-complementary

#B0A042 #4289B0 #6942B0

monochromatic

#574F21 #837831 #B0A042 #C7B969 #D7CE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B0A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B0A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A042

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A042	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb7a',
    500: '#b0a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a042;
$custom-light: #cabb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70121,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A042

secondary

#8B93C3

accent

#66D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A042

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

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