#B0B229#B0B229

#B0B229 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 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0B229
RGB	rgb(176, 178, 41)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -16.43, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 66.29, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0522 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.15 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2264, 41.2320, 8.2530)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0B229 #2B29B2

analogous

#B26F29 #B0B229 #6BB229

triadic

#B0B229 #29B0B2 #B229B0

tetradic

#B0B229 #29B26F #2B29B2 #B2296B

square

#B0B229 #29B26F #2B29B2 #B2296B

split-complementary

#B0B229 #296BB2 #6F29B2

monochromatic

#4E4F12 #7F801E #B0B229 #D2D444 #DEDF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B0B229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#B0B229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0B229

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0B229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0B229	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0b229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 178, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.150 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc86f',
    500: '#b0b229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0b229;
$custom-light: #cbc86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0b229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.876,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73866,
    "c": 0.14964,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0B229

secondary

#7170C7

accent

#42E645

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0B229

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

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