#B0A537#B0A537

#B0A537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.129 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A537
RGB	rgb(176, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 68.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -9.04, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 56.58, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0302 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.129 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0505, 36.4175, 8.9547)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A537 #3742B0

analogous

#B06837 #B0A537 #7FB037

triadic

#B0A537 #37B0A5 #A537B0

tetradic

#B0A537 #37B068 #3742B0 #B0377F

square

#B0A537 #37B068 #3742B0 #B0377F

split-complementary

#B0A537 #377FB0 #6837B0

monochromatic

#534E1A #817928 #B0A537 #CBC159 #DAD288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B0A537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B0A537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A537

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A537	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.129 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbf74',
    500: '#b0a537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a537;
$custom-light: #cbbf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71102,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A537

secondary

#7F85C4

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A537

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

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