#B0A951#B0A951

#B0A951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A951
RGB	rgb(176, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 54%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -9.33, 45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 46.61, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.028 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.111 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5787, 38.2012, 13.3878)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A951 #5158B0

analogous

#B07951 #B0A951 #87B051

triadic

#B0A951 #51B0A9 #A951B0

tetradic

#B0A951 #51B079 #5158B0 #B05187

square

#B0A951 #51B079 #5158B0 #B05187

split-complementary

#B0A951 #5187B0 #7951B0

monochromatic

#5D592A #87813D #B0A951 #C3BE7B #D6D3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B0A951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B0A951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A951

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A951	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac284',
    500: '#b0a951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a951;
$custom-light: #cac284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.579,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72236,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A951

secondary

#999CC4

accent

#63CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A951

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

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