#B0AA55#B0AA55

#B0AA55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AA55
RGB	rgb(176, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 51.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -9.51, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 45.11, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0281 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.108 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9198, 38.6365, 14.2634)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AA55 #555BB0

analogous

#B07C55 #B0AA55 #88B055

triadic

#B0AA55 #55B0AA #AA55B0

tetradic

#B0AA55 #55B07C #555BB0 #B05588

square

#B0AA55 #55B07C #555BB0 #B05588

split-complementary

#B0AA55 #5588B0 #7C55B0

monochromatic

#5F5B2C #88843F #B0AA55 #C3BF7F #D7D4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B0AA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B0AA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AA55

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AA55	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0aa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c387',
    500: '#b0aa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0aa55;
$custom-light: #c9c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0aa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.044,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72504,
    "c": 0.10772,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AA55

secondary

#9C9FC5

accent

#63CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AA55

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

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