#B0A240#B0A240

#B0A240 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.119 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A240
RGB	rgb(176, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -6.91, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 51.71, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0231 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.119 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7515, 35.4422, 10.0180)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A240 #404EB0

analogous

#B06A40 #B0A240 #86B040

triadic

#B0A240 #40B0A2 #A240B0

tetradic

#B0A240 #40B06A #404EB0 #B04086

square

#B0A240 #40B06A #404EB0 #B04086

split-complementary

#B0A240 #4086B0 #6A40B0

monochromatic

#564F1F #837930 #B0A240 #C7BB66 #D8CF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B0A240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B0A240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A240

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A240	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.119 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd79',
    500: '#b0a240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a240;
$custom-light: #cabd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70532,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A240

secondary

#8990C3

accent

#62D651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A240

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

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