#B0A459#B0A459

#B0A459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.097 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A459
RGB	rgb(176, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -5.97, 40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 40.64, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0175 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.097 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9841, 36.5034, 14.7577)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A459 #5965B0

analogous

#B07959 #B0A459 #91B059

triadic

#B0A459 #59B0A4 #A459B0

tetradic

#B0A459 #59B079 #5965B0 #B05991

square

#B0A459 #59B079 #5965B0 #B05991

split-complementary

#B0A459 #5991B0 #7959B0

monochromatic

#615A2E #8A8042 #B0A459 #C4BB82 #D7D1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B0A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#B0A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A459

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A459	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.097 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be89',
    500: '#b0a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a459;
$custom-light: #c9be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 35.51,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71262,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A459

secondary

#9FA5C5

accent

#6CCC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A459

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

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