#B0A259#B0A259

#B0A259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.095 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B0A259
RGBrgb(176, 162, 89)
HSLhsl(50, 36%, 52%)
HSVhsv(50, 49%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LABlab(66.36, -4.91, 39.54)
CIE-LCHlch(66.36, 39.85, 97.07°)
OKLaboklab(70.83% -0.0144 0.0944)
OKLCHoklch(70.83% 0.095 98.7)
XYZxyz(32.6290, 35.7932, 14.6393)
Luminance0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B0A259 #5967B0
analogous
#B07759 #B0A259 #93B059
triadic
#B0A259 #59B0A2 #A259B0
tetradic
#B0A259 #59B077 #5967B0 #B05993
square
#B0A259 #59B077 #5967B0 #B05993
split-complementary
#B0A259 #5993B0 #7759B0
monochromatic
#61582E #8A7E42 #B0A259 #C4B982 #D7D0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57
#B0A259 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16
#B0A259 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A259
8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B0A259#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B0A2591.002.578.168.16
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1621.001.001.00
##0000008.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9E53
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A45C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BB9991
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b0a259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.095 98.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd89',
    500: '#b0a259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b0a259;
$custom-light: #c9bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b0a259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.345,
    "s": 35.51,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70834,
    "c": 0.09546,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B0A259
secondary
#9FA5C5
accent
#6ECC5C
background
#FCFBF8
surface
#F9F6F0
border
#D2D0CB
text
#13120C
muted
#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A259

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#B0A259 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva