#B0AD49#B0AD49

#B0AD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.122 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AD49
RGB	rgb(176, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 58.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -12.05, 50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 51.99, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0367 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.122 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0517, 39.5993, 12.1517)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AD49 #494CB0

analogous

#B07A49 #B0AD49 #80B049

triadic

#B0AD49 #49B0AD #AD49B0

tetradic

#B0AD49 #49B07A #494CB0 #B04980

square

#B0AD49 #49B07A #494CB0 #B04980

split-complementary

#B0AD49 #4980B0 #7A49B0

monochromatic

#595825 #858237 #B0AD49 #C4C272 #D6D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B0AD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B0AD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AD49

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AD49	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.122 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac580',
    500: '#b0ad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ad49;
$custom-light: #cac580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.252,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73017,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AD49

secondary

#9293C3

accent

#5AD157

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AD49

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

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