#B0AA39#B0AA39

#B0AA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.132 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AA39
RGB	rgb(176, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 67.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -11.54, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 57.62, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.037 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.132 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0190, 38.2761, 9.5188)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AA39 #393FB0

analogous

#B06E39 #B0AA39 #7AB039

triadic

#B0AA39 #39B0AA #AA39B0

tetradic

#B0AA39 #39B06E #393FB0 #B0397A

square

#B0AA39 #39B06E #393FB0 #B0397A

split-complementary

#B0AA39 #397AB0 #6E39B0

monochromatic

#54511B #827D2A #B0AA39 #CAC55C #D9D58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B0AA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B0AA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AA39

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AA39	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)

#B8A429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0aa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.132 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc376',
    500: '#b0aa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0aa39;
$custom-light: #cbc376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0aa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.975,
    "s": 51.073,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7221,
    "c": 0.13195,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AA39

secondary

#8185C4

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AA39

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

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