#B0AA37#B0AA37

#B0AA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.133 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AA37
RGB	rgb(176, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 68.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -11.66, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 58.41, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0375 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.133 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9701, 38.2565, 9.2612)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AA37 #373DB0

analogous

#B06E37 #B0AA37 #79B037

triadic

#B0AA37 #37B0AA #AA37B0

tetradic

#B0AA37 #37B06E #373DB0 #B03779

square

#B0AA37 #37B06E #373DB0 #B03779

split-complementary

#B0AA37 #3779B0 #6E37B0

monochromatic

#53501A #817D28 #B0AA37 #CBC559 #DAD688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B0AA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B0AA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AA37

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AA37	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)

#B8A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0aa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.133 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc375',
    500: '#b0aa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0aa37;
$custom-light: #cbc375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0aa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72194,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AA37

secondary

#7F82C4

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AA37

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

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