#B0AA36#B0AA36

#B0AA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.134 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AA36
RGB	rgb(176, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 69.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -11.71, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 58.80, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0378 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.134 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9463, 38.2471, 9.1363)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AA36 #363CB0

analogous

#B06D36 #B0AA36 #79B036

triadic

#B0AA36 #36B0AA #AA36B0

tetradic

#B0AA36 #36B06D #363CB0 #B03679

square

#B0AA36 #36B06D #363CB0 #B03679

split-complementary

#B0AA36 #3679B0 #6D36B0

monochromatic

#525019 #817D28 #B0AA36 #CCC658 #DAD686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B0AA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B0AA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AA36

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AA36	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0aa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.134 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc374',
    500: '#b0aa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0aa36;
$custom-light: #cbc374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0aa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72186,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AA36

secondary

#7E81C4

accent

#52DC4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AA36

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

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