#B0B238#B0B238

#B0B238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.141 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0B238
RGB	rgb(176, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -15.72, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 61.12, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0489 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.141 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5398, 41.3574, 9.9039)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0B238 #3A38B2

analogous

#B27738 #B0B238 #73B238

triadic

#B0B238 #38B0B2 #B238B0

tetradic

#B0B238 #38B277 #3A38B2 #B23873

square

#B0B238 #38B277 #3A38B2 #B23873

split-complementary

#B0B238 #3873B2 #7738B2

monochromatic

#54551B #828329 #B0B238 #CACC5C #D9DA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B0B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#B0B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0B238

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0B238	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.141 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc876',
    500: '#b0b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0b238;
$custom-light: #cbc876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.984,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73964,
    "c": 0.14075,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0B238

secondary

#8281C5

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0B238

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

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