#B0AA32#B0AA32

#B0AA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.137 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AA32
RGB	rgb(176, 170, 50)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 71.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -11.92, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 60.30, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0388 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.137 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8562, 38.2110, 8.6617)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AA32 #3238B0

analogous

#B06B32 #B0AA32 #77B032

triadic

#B0AA32 #32B0AA #AA32B0

tetradic

#B0AA32 #32B06B #3238B0 #B03277

square

#B0AA32 #32B06B #3238B0 #B03277

split-complementary

#B0AA32 #3277B0 #6B32B0

monochromatic

#514E17 #807C24 #B0AA32 #CEC851 #DBD781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B0AA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B0AA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AA32

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AA32	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)

#B9A41D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0aa32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 170, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.137 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc372',
    500: '#b0aa32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0aa32;
$custom-light: #cbc372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0aa32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72156,
    "c": 0.13667,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AA32

secondary

#797DC4

accent

#50DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AA32

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

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