#B0A970#B0A970

#B0A970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.077 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A970
RGB	rgb(176, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(53, 29%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 36.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -6.17, 30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 30.97, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.016 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.077 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0176, 38.7768, 20.9661)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A970 #7077B0

analogous

#B08970 #B0A970 #97B070

triadic

#B0A970 #70B0A9 #A970B0

tetradic

#B0A970 #70B089 #7077B0 #B07097

square

#B0A970 #70B089 #7077B0 #B07097

split-complementary

#B0A970 #7097B0 #8970B0

monochromatic

#6B653B #928B51 #B0A970 #C6C197 #DCD8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B0A970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B0A970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A970

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A970	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A56C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.077 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c299',
    500: '#b0a970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a970;
$custom-light: #c8c299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 28.829,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72707,
    "c": 0.07658,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A970

secondary

#B1B4CB

accent

#6DC563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A970

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

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