#B0AD23#B0AD23

#B0AD23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.148 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AD23
RGB	rgb(176, 173, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 80.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -14.09, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 66.25, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0462 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.148 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1528, 39.2397, 7.4175)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AD23 #2326B0

analogous

#B06723 #B0AD23 #6DB023

triadic

#B0AD23 #23B0AD #AD23B0

tetradic

#B0AD23 #23B067 #2326B0 #B0236D

square

#B0AD23 #23B067 #2326B0 #B0236D

split-complementary

#B0AD23 #236DB0 #6723B0

monochromatic

#4A490F #7D7B19 #B0AD23 #D8D439 #E2DF6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B0AD23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B0AD23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AD23

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AD23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AD23	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ad23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 173, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.148 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc56b',
    500: '#b0ad23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ad23;
$custom-light: #ccc56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ad23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72728,
    "c": 0.14766,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AD23

secondary

#6769C8

accent

#42EA3E

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AD23

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

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