#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
RGBrgb(176, 170, 82)
HSLhsl(56, 37%, 51%)
HSVhsv(56, 53%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.4%, 53.4%, 31%)
CIE-LABlab(68.45, -9.77, 45.51)
CIE-LCHlch(68.45, 46.55, 102.12°)
OKLaboklab(72.47% -0.0292 0.1068)
OKLCHoklch(72.47% 0.111 105.3)
XYZxyz(33.8032, 38.5898, 13.6489)
Luminance0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B0AA521.002.418.728.72
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7221.001.001.00
##0000008.7221.001.001.00

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

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#B0AA52 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva