#B0A449#B0A449

#B0A449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.113 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A449
RGB	rgb(176, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 58.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -7.33, 47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 48.38, 98.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0232 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.113 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3837, 36.2633, 11.5957)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A449 #4955B0

analogous

#B07149 #B0A449 #89B049

triadic

#B0A449 #49B0A4 #A449B0

tetradic

#B0A449 #49B071 #4955B0 #B04989

square

#B0A449 #49B071 #4955B0 #B04989

split-complementary

#B0A449 #4989B0 #7149B0

monochromatic

#595325 #857C37 #B0A449 #C4BB72 #D6D09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B0A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B0A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A449

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A449	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.113 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe7f',
    500: '#b0a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a449;
$custom-light: #cabe7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.01,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71059,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A449

secondary

#9298C3

accent

#65D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A449

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

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