#B0B230#B0B230

#B0B230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.146 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0B230
RGB	rgb(176, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 73%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -16.12, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 64.01, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0508 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.146 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3596, 41.2853, 8.9546)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0B230 #3230B2

analogous

#B27330 #B0B230 #6FB230

triadic

#B0B230 #30B0B2 #B230B0

tetradic

#B0B230 #30B273 #3230B2 #B2306F

square

#B0B230 #30B273 #3230B2 #B2306F

split-complementary

#B0B230 #306FB2 #7330B2

monochromatic

#515216 #808223 #B0B230 #CED050 #DBDD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B0B230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#B0B230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0B230

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0B230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0B230	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0b230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.146 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc872',
    500: '#b0b230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0b230;
$custom-light: #cbc872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0b230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73908,
    "c": 0.14581,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0B230

secondary

#7978C6

accent

#47E149

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0B230

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

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