#B0B228#B0B228

#B0B228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.150 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0B228
RGB	rgb(176, 178, 40)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -16.46, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 66.59, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0524 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.15 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2091, 41.2251, 8.1623)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0B228 #2A28B2

analogous

#B26F28 #B0B228 #6BB228

triadic

#B0B228 #28B0B2 #B228B0

tetradic

#B0B228 #28B26F #2A28B2 #B2286B

square

#B0B228 #28B26F #2A28B2 #B2286B

split-complementary

#B0B228 #286BB2 #6F28B2

monochromatic

#4D4E12 #7F801D #B0B228 #D3D543 #DEE075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B0B228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#B0B228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0B228

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0B228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0B228	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0b228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 178, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.150 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc86e',
    500: '#b0b228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0b228;
$custom-light: #cbc86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0b228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73861,
    "c": 0.15014,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0B228

secondary

#706FC7

accent

#41E644

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0B228

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

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