#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
RGB	rgb(176, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -4.91, 39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 39.85, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0144 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.095 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6290, 35.7932, 14.6393)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B0A259	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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