#B0AA42#B0AA42

#B0AA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.125 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AA42
RGB	rgb(176, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -10.99, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 53.87, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0345 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.125 106)
XYZ	xyz(33.2637, 38.3740, 10.8079)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AA42 #4248B0

analogous

#B07342 #B0AA42 #7FB042

triadic

#B0AA42 #42B0AA #AA42B0

tetradic

#B0AA42 #42B073 #4248B0 #B0427F

square

#B0AA42 #42B073 #4248B0 #B0427F

split-complementary

#B0AA42 #427FB0 #7342B0

monochromatic

#575421 #837F31 #B0AA42 #C7C169 #D7D495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B0AA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B0AA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AA42

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AA42	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)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0aa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.125 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac37b',
    500: '#b0aa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0aa42;
$custom-light: #cac37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0aa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.727,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7229,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.38373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AA42

secondary

#8B8EC3

accent

#5AD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AA42

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

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