#B0A551#B0A551

#B0A551 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.107 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A551
RGB	rgb(176, 165, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 54%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -7.22, 44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 44.98, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.022 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.107 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8459, 36.7356, 13.1435)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A551 #515CB0

analogous

#B07651 #B0A551 #8BB051

triadic

#B0A551 #51B0A5 #A551B0

tetradic

#B0A551 #51B076 #515CB0 #B0518B

square

#B0A551 #51B076 #515CB0 #B0518B

split-complementary

#B0A551 #518BB0 #7651B0

monochromatic

#5D572A #877E3D #B0A551 #C3BB7B #D6D1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B0A551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B0A551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A551

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A551	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.107 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf84',
    500: '#b0a551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a551;
$custom-light: #cabf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.053,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7137,
    "c": 0.10654,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A551

secondary

#999EC4

accent

#68CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A551

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

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