#B0A855#B0A855

#B0A855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A855
RGB	rgb(176, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 51.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -8.46, 43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 44.26, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0251 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.106 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5478, 37.8923, 14.1393)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A855 #555DB0

analogous

#B07A55 #B0A855 #8AB055

triadic

#B0A855 #55B0A8 #A855B0

tetradic

#B0A855 #55B07A #555DB0 #B0558A

square

#B0A855 #55B07A #555DB0 #B0558A

split-complementary

#B0A855 #558AB0 #7A55B0

monochromatic

#5F5A2C #88823F #B0A855 #C3BD7F #D7D3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B0A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#B0A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A855

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A855	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c187',
    500: '#b0a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a855;
$custom-light: #c9c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.725,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7207,
    "c": 0.1056,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A855

secondary

#9CA0C5

accent

#65CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A855

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

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