#B0A242#B0A242

#B0A242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.117 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A242
RGB	rgb(176, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -6.78, 50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 50.82, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0225 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.117 101)
XYZ	xyz(31.8094, 35.4654, 10.3232)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A242 #4250B0

analogous

#B06B42 #B0A242 #87B042

triadic

#B0A242 #42B0A2 #A242B0

tetradic

#B0A242 #42B06B #4250B0 #B04287

square

#B0A242 #42B06B #4250B0 #B04287

split-complementary

#B0A242 #4287B0 #6B42B0

monochromatic

#575021 #837931 #B0A242 #C7BB69 #D7CF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B0A242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B0A242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A242

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A242	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#B09D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.117 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd7a',
    500: '#b0a242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a242;
$custom-light: #cabd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70552,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.35464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A242

secondary

#8B92C3

accent

#63D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A242

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

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