#B0A238#B0A238

#B0A238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.125 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A238
RGB	rgb(176, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -7.40, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 55.11, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0254 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.125 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5400, 35.3576, 8.9040)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A238 #3846B0

analogous

#B06638 #B0A238 #82B038

triadic

#B0A238 #38B0A2 #A238B0

tetradic

#B0A238 #38B066 #3846B0 #B03882

square

#B0A238 #38B066 #3846B0 #B03882

split-complementary

#B0A238 #3882B0 #6638B0

monochromatic

#534D1A #827729 #B0A238 #CBBE5B #D9D089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B0A238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B0A238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A238

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A238	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)

#B19D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.125 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbd75',
    500: '#b0a238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a238;
$custom-light: #cbbd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70459,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A238

secondary

#8088C4

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A238

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

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