#B0A235#B0A235

#B0A235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.127 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A235
RGB	rgb(176, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 69.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -7.57, 55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 56.32, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0262 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.127 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4688, 35.3292, 8.5291)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A235 #3543B0

analogous

#B06535 #B0A235 #80B035

triadic

#B0A235 #35B0A2 #A235B0

tetradic

#B0A235 #35B065 #3543B0 #B03580

square

#B0A235 #35B065 #3543B0 #B03580

split-complementary

#B0A235 #3580B0 #6535B0

monochromatic

#524B19 #817727 #B0A235 #CCBF56 #DAD185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B0A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B0A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A235

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A235	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.127 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbd73',
    500: '#b0a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a235;
$custom-light: #cbbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70435,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A235

secondary

#7D85C4

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A235

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

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