#B0AD37#B0AD37

#B0AD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.136 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AD37
RGB	rgb(176, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 68.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -13.21, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 59.55, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0419 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.136 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5389, 39.3942, 9.4508)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AD37 #373AB0

analogous

#B07037 #B0AD37 #77B037

triadic

#B0AD37 #37B0AD #AD37B0

tetradic

#B0AD37 #37B070 #373AB0 #B03777

square

#B0AD37 #37B070 #373AB0 #B03777

split-complementary

#B0AD37 #3777B0 #7037B0

monochromatic

#53511A #817F28 #B0AD37 #CBC859 #DAD888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B0AD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B0AD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AD37

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AD37	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)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.136 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc575',
    500: '#b0ad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ad37;
$custom-light: #cbc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72853,
    "c": 0.13632,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AD37

secondary

#7F81C4

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AD37

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

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