#B0A342#B0A342

#B0A342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.118 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A342
RGB	rgb(176, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -7.31, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 51.19, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.024 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.118 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9863, 35.8191, 10.3821)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A342 #424FB0

analogous

#B06C42 #B0A342 #86B042

triadic

#B0A342 #42B0A3 #A342B0

tetradic

#B0A342 #42B06C #424FB0 #B04286

square

#B0A342 #42B06C #424FB0 #B04286

split-complementary

#B0A342 #4286B0 #6C42B0

monochromatic

#575121 #837A31 #B0A342 #C7BB69 #D7CF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B0A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B0A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A342

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A342	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)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.118 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe7b',
    500: '#b0a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a342;
$custom-light: #cabe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70768,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A342

secondary

#8B91C3

accent

#62D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A342

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

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