#B0A462#B0A462

#B0A462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.088 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A462
RGB	rgb(176, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 33%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 44.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -5.08, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 36.08, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.014 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.088 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3854, 36.6640, 16.8711)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A462 #626EB0

analogous

#B07D62 #B0A462 #95B062

triadic

#B0A462 #62B0A4 #A462B0

tetradic

#B0A462 #62B07D #626EB0 #B06295

square

#B0A462 #62B07D #626EB0 #B06295

split-complementary

#B0A462 #6295B0 #7D62B0

monochromatic

#655D33 #8E8347 #B0A462 #C4BC8B #D9D3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B0A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B0A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A462

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A462	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.088 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be90',
    500: '#b0a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a462;
$custom-light: #c9be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 33.051,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71398,
    "c": 0.0876,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A462

secondary

#A6ABC8

accent

#6FC95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A462

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

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