#B0AA52#B0AA52

#B0AA52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AA52
RGB	rgb(176, 170, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 53.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -9.77, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 46.55, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0292 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.111 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8032, 38.5898, 13.6489)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AA52 #5258B0

analogous

#B07B52 #B0AA52 #87B052

triadic

#B0AA52 #52B0AA #AA52B0

tetradic

#B0AA52 #52B07B #5258B0 #B05287

square

#B0AA52 #52B07B #5258B0 #B05287

split-complementary

#B0AA52 #5287B0 #7B52B0

monochromatic

#5D5A2B #87823E #B0AA52 #C3BF7C #D6D3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B0AA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B0AA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AA52

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AA52	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0aa52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 170, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac385',
    500: '#b0aa52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0aa52;
$custom-light: #cac385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0aa52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 37.302,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72466,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AA52

secondary

#9A9DC4

accent

#62CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AA52

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

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