#B0AA21#B0AA21

#B0AA21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.146 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AA21
RGB	rgb(176, 170, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 81.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -12.61, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 65.79, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0422 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.146 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5551, 38.0906, 7.0759)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AA21 #2127B0

analogous

#B06321 #B0AA21 #6EB021

triadic

#B0AA21 #21B0AA #AA21B0

tetradic

#B0AA21 #21B063 #2127B0 #B0216E

square

#B0AA21 #21B063 #2127B0 #B0216E

split-complementary

#B0AA21 #216EB0 #6321B0

monochromatic

#49460E #7C7817 #B0AA21 #D9D235 #E3DE69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B0AA21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B0AA21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AA21

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AA21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AA21	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0aa21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 170, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.146 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc26a',
    500: '#b0aa21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0aa21;
$custom-light: #ccc26a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0aa21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72058,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AA21

secondary

#6469C8

accent

#44EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AA21

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

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