#B0AD27#B0AD27

#B0AD27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.146 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AD27
RGB	rgb(176, 173, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 77.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -13.95, 63.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 65.09, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0455 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.146 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2156, 39.2648, 7.7483)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AD27 #272AB0

analogous

#B06927 #B0AD27 #6FB027

triadic

#B0AD27 #27B0AD #AD27B0

tetradic

#B0AD27 #27B069 #272AB0 #B0276F

square

#B0AD27 #27B069 #272AB0 #B0276F

split-complementary

#B0AD27 #276FB0 #6927B0

monochromatic

#4C4B11 #7E7C1C #B0AD27 #D5D140 #E0DD72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B0AD27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B0AD27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AD27

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AD27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AD27	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)

#BEAA32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ad27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 173, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.146 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56d',
    500: '#b0ad27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ad27;
$custom-light: #cbc56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ad27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72749,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AD27

secondary

#6C6EC7

accent

#45E741

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AD27

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

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