#B0A138#B0A138

#B0A138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.124 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A138
RGB	rgb(176, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -6.87, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 54.77, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0239 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.124 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3645, 35.0067, 8.8455)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A138 #3847B0

analogous

#B06538 #B0A138 #83B038

triadic

#B0A138 #38B0A1 #A138B0

tetradic

#B0A138 #38B065 #3847B0 #B03883

square

#B0A138 #38B065 #3847B0 #B03883

split-complementary

#B0A138 #3883B0 #6538B0

monochromatic

#534C1A #827729 #B0A138 #CBBD5B #D9CF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B0A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B0A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A138

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A138	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.124 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbc74',
    500: '#b0a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a138;
$custom-light: #cbbc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70243,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A138

secondary

#8089C4

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A138

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

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