#B0A523#B0A523

#B0A523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.140 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A523
RGB	rgb(176, 165, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 80.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -9.94, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 63.58, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0346 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.14 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6644, 36.2630, 6.9213)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A523 #232EB0

analogous

#B05F23 #B0A523 #75B023

triadic

#B0A523 #23B0A5 #A523B0

tetradic

#B0A523 #23B05F #232EB0 #B02375

square

#B0A523 #23B05F #232EB0 #B02375

split-complementary

#B0A523 #2375B0 #5F23B0

monochromatic

#4A450F #7D7519 #B0A523 #D8CB39 #E2D86C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B0A523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B0A523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A523

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A523	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)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A52E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 165, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.140 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbf6a',
    500: '#b0a523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a523;
$custom-light: #ccbf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70971,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A523

secondary

#676FC8

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A523

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

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