#B0B231#B0B231

#B0B231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.145 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0B231
RGB	rgb(176, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -16.08, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 63.67, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0506 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.145 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3805, 41.2936, 9.0645)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0B231 #3331B2

analogous

#B27431 #B0B231 #70B231

triadic

#B0B231 #31B0B2 #B231B0

tetradic

#B0B231 #31B274 #3331B2 #B23170

square

#B0B231 #31B274 #3331B2 #B23170

split-complementary

#B0B231 #3170B2 #7431B2

monochromatic

#515217 #818224 #B0B231 #CDCF51 #DBDC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B0B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#B0B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0B231

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0B231	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)

#C0AA18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.145 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc872',
    500: '#b0b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0b231;
$custom-light: #cbc872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.93,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73914,
    "c": 0.14523,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0B231

secondary

#7B79C5

accent

#48E04A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0B231

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

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