#B0AD31#B0AD31

#B0AD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.140 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AD31
RGB	rgb(176, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 72.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -13.52, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 61.77, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0434 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.14 108)
XYZ	xyz(33.4037, 39.3401, 8.7390)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AD31 #3134B0

analogous

#B06E31 #B0AD31 #74B031

triadic

#B0AD31 #31B0AD #AD31B0

tetradic

#B0AD31 #31B06E #3134B0 #B03174

square

#B0AD31 #31B06E #3134B0 #B03174

split-complementary

#B0AD31 #3174B0 #6E31B0

monochromatic

#504F16 #807E24 #B0AD31 #CECB50 #DCD980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B0AD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B0AD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AD31

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AD31	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ad31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.140 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc572',
    500: '#b0ad31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ad31;
$custom-light: #cbc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ad31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72809,
    "c": 0.14021,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.39339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AD31

secondary

#787AC5

accent

#4CE048

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AD31

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

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