#B0A438#B0A438

#B0A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A438
RGB	rgb(176, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -8.46, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 55.82, 98.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0284 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.127 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8951, 36.0678, 9.0223)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A438 #3844B0

analogous

#B06838 #B0A438 #80B038

triadic

#B0A438 #38B0A4 #A438B0

tetradic

#B0A438 #38B068 #3844B0 #B03880

square

#B0A438 #38B068 #3844B0 #B03880

split-complementary

#B0A438 #3880B0 #6838B0

monochromatic

#534D1A #827929 #B0A438 #CBBF5B #D9D189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B0A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B0A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A438

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A438	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbe75',
    500: '#b0a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a438;
$custom-light: #cbbe75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70893,
    "c": 0.127,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A438

secondary

#8087C4

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A438

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

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