#B0AA40#B0AA40

#B0AA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.127 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AA40
RGB	rgb(176, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -11.12, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 54.73, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.035 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.127 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2058, 38.3508, 10.5028)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AA40 #4046B0

analogous

#B07240 #B0AA40 #7EB040

triadic

#B0AA40 #40B0AA #AA40B0

tetradic

#B0AA40 #40B072 #4046B0 #B0407E

square

#B0AA40 #40B072 #4046B0 #B0407E

split-complementary

#B0AA40 #407EB0 #7240B0

monochromatic

#56531F #837F30 #B0AA40 #C7C266 #D8D493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B0AA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B0AA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AA40

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AA40	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0aa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.127 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac37a',
    500: '#b0aa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0aa40;
$custom-light: #cac37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0aa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72271,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AA40

secondary

#898CC3

accent

#59D651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AA40

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

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