#B0A237#B0A237

#B0A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.126 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A237
RGB	rgb(176, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 68.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -7.46, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 55.52, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0257 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.126 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5158, 35.3479, 8.7765)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A237 #3745B0

analogous

#B06637 #B0A237 #81B037

triadic

#B0A237 #37B0A2 #A237B0

tetradic

#B0A237 #37B066 #3745B0 #B03781

square

#B0A237 #37B066 #3745B0 #B03781

split-complementary

#B0A237 #3781B0 #6637B0

monochromatic

#534C1A #817728 #B0A237 #CBBE59 #DAD088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B0A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B0A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A237

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A237	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)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.126 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbd74',
    500: '#b0a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a237;
$custom-light: #cbbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70451,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A237

secondary

#7F87C4

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A237

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

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