#B0A236#B0A236

#B0A236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.127 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A236
RGB	rgb(176, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 69.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -7.51, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 55.92, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0259 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.127 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4920, 35.3385, 8.6515)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A236 #3644B0

analogous

#B06536 #B0A236 #81B036

triadic

#B0A236 #36B0A2 #A236B0

tetradic

#B0A236 #36B065 #3644B0 #B03681

square

#B0A236 #36B065 #3644B0 #B03681

split-complementary

#B0A236 #3681B0 #6536B0

monochromatic

#524C19 #817728 #B0A236 #CCBE58 #DAD086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B0A236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B0A236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A236

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A236	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)

#B19D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.127 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbd73',
    500: '#b0a236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a236;
$custom-light: #cbbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70443,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A236

secondary

#7E86C4

accent

#5CDC4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A236

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

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