#B0AA27#B0AA27

#B0AA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.143 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AA27
RGB	rgb(176, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 77.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -12.40, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 64.04, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0412 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.143 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6468, 38.1272, 7.5587)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AA27 #272DB0

analogous

#B06527 #B0AA27 #72B027

triadic

#B0AA27 #27B0AA #AA27B0

tetradic

#B0AA27 #27B065 #272DB0 #B02772

square

#B0AA27 #27B065 #272DB0 #B02772

split-complementary

#B0AA27 #2772B0 #6527B0

monochromatic

#4C4911 #7E7A1C #B0AA27 #D5CE40 #E0DB72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B0AA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B0AA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AA27

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AA27	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0aa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.143 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc36d',
    500: '#b0aa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0aa27;
$custom-light: #cbc36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0aa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72088,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AA27

secondary

#6C70C7

accent

#48E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AA27

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

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