#B0AD36#B0AD36

#B0AD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.137 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AD36
RGB	rgb(176, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 69.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -13.26, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 59.93, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0422 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.137 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5151, 39.3847, 9.3259)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AD36 #3639B0

analogous

#B07036 #B0AD36 #76B036

triadic

#B0AD36 #36B0AD #AD36B0

tetradic

#B0AD36 #36B070 #3639B0 #B03676

square

#B0AD36 #36B070 #3639B0 #B03676

split-complementary

#B0AD36 #3676B0 #7036B0

monochromatic

#525119 #817F28 #B0AD36 #CCC958 #DAD886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B0AD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B0AD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AD36

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AD36	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.137 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc575',
    500: '#b0ad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ad36;
$custom-light: #cbc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.525,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72845,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AD36

secondary

#7E80C4

accent

#4FDC4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AD36

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

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