#B0AA38#B0AA38

#B0AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.133 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AA38
RGB	rgb(176, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -11.60, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 58.01, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0373 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.133 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9943, 38.2662, 9.3887)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AA38 #383EB0

analogous

#B06E38 #B0AA38 #7AB038

triadic

#B0AA38 #38B0AA #AA38B0

tetradic

#B0AA38 #38B06E #383EB0 #B0387A

square

#B0AA38 #38B06E #383EB0 #B0387A

split-complementary

#B0AA38 #387AB0 #6E38B0

monochromatic

#53501A #827D29 #B0AA38 #CBC55B #D9D589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B0AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B0AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AA38

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AA38	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)

#B8A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.133 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc375',
    500: '#b0aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0aa38;
$custom-light: #cbc375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72202,
    "c": 0.13266,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AA38

secondary

#8084C4

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AA38

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

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