#B0A538#B0A538

#B0A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.128 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A538
RGB	rgb(176, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -8.98, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 56.17, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0299 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.128 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0747, 36.4272, 9.0822)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A538 #3843B0

analogous

#B06938 #B0A538 #7FB038

triadic

#B0A538 #38B0A5 #A538B0

tetradic

#B0A538 #38B069 #3843B0 #B0387F

square

#B0A538 #38B069 #3843B0 #B0387F

split-complementary

#B0A538 #387FB0 #6938B0

monochromatic

#534E1A #827929 #B0A538 #CBC05B #D9D289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B0A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B0A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A538

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A538	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.128 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbf75',
    500: '#b0a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a538;
$custom-light: #cbbf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7111,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A538

secondary

#8086C4

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A538

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

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