#B0A359#B0A359

#B0A359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.096 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A359
RGB	rgb(176, 163, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -5.44, 39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 40.24, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.016 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.096 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8058, 36.1469, 14.6982)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A359 #5966B0

analogous

#B07759 #B0A359 #92B059

triadic

#B0A359 #59B0A3 #A359B0

tetradic

#B0A359 #59B077 #5966B0 #B05992

square

#B0A359 #59B077 #5966B0 #B05992

split-complementary

#B0A359 #5992B0 #7759B0

monochromatic

#61592E #8A7F42 #B0A359 #C4BA82 #D7D1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B0A359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B0A359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A359

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A359	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 163, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.096 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be89',
    500: '#b0a359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a359;
$custom-light: #c9be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.034,
    "s": 35.51,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71048,
    "c": 0.09642,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A359

secondary

#9FA5C5

accent

#6DCC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A359

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →