#B0A255#B0A255

#B0A255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.100 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A255
RGB	rgb(176, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 51.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -5.28, 41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 41.84, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0159 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.1 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4655, 35.7279, 13.7786)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A255 #5563B0

analogous

#B07455 #B0A255 #90B055

triadic

#B0A255 #55B0A2 #A255B0

tetradic

#B0A255 #55B074 #5563B0 #B05590

square

#B0A255 #55B074 #5563B0 #B05590

split-complementary

#B0A255 #5590B0 #7455B0

monochromatic

#5F572C #887D3F #B0A255 #C3B97F #D7D0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B0A255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B0A255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A255

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A255	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.100 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd87',
    500: '#b0a255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a255;
$custom-light: #c9bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70778,
    "c": 0.09962,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A255

secondary

#9CA2C5

accent

#6DCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A255

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

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