#B0A524#B0A524

#B0A524 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	#B0A524
RGB	rgb(176, 165, 36)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 79.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -9.90, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 63.29, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0344 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.14 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6795, 36.2691, 7.0007)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A524 #242FB0

analogous

#B05F24 #B0A524 #75B024

triadic

#B0A524 #24B0A5 #A524B0

tetradic

#B0A524 #24B05F #242FB0 #B02475

square

#B0A524 #24B05F #242FB0 #B02475

split-complementary

#B0A524 #2475B0 #5F24B0

monochromatic

#4A460F #7D751A #B0A524 #D7CB3A #E1D86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B0A524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B0A524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A524

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A524	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)

#B8A52F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 165, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.140 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbf6b',
    500: '#b0a524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a524;
$custom-light: #ccbf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70976,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A524

secondary

#6870C8

accent

#4CE93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A524

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

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