#B0B159#B0B159

#B0B159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.112 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0B159
RGB	rgb(176, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -12.80, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 46.27, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0371 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.112 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4306, 41.3965, 15.5732)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0B159 #5A59B1

analogous

#B18659 #B0B159 #84B159

triadic

#B0B159 #59B0B1 #B159B0

tetradic

#B0B159 #59B186 #5A59B1 #B15984

square

#B0B159 #59B186 #5A59B1 #B15984

split-complementary

#B0B159 #5984B1 #8659B1

monochromatic

#61622E #8A8B41 #B0B159 #C4C583 #D8D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B0B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#B0B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0B159

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0B159	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.112 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c88a',
    500: '#b0b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0b159;
$custom-light: #c9c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.682,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74083,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0B159

secondary

#A0A0C6

accent

#5CCC5D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0B159

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

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