#B0AA33#B0AA33

#B0AA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.136 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AA33
RGB	rgb(176, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 71%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -11.87, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 59.93, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0386 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.136 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8780, 38.2197, 8.7766)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AA33 #3339B0

analogous

#B06C33 #B0AA33 #78B033

triadic

#B0AA33 #33B0AA #AA33B0

tetradic

#B0AA33 #33B06C #3339B0 #B03378

square

#B0AA33 #33B06C #3339B0 #B03378

split-complementary

#B0AA33 #3378B0 #6C33B0

monochromatic

#514E18 #817C25 #B0AA33 #CDC753 #DBD782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B0AA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B0AA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AA33

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AA33	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)

#B9A41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0aa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.136 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc373',
    500: '#b0aa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0aa33;
$custom-light: #cbc373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0aa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 55.066,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72163,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AA33

secondary

#7B7EC4

accent

#51DE49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AA33

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

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