#B0B255#B0B255

#B0B255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.117 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0B255
RGB	rgb(176, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -13.67, 46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 48.63, 106.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.04 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.117 110)
XYZ	xyz(35.4654, 41.7276, 14.7786)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0B255 #5755B2

analogous

#B28655 #B0B255 #82B255

triadic

#B0B255 #55B0B2 #B255B0

tetradic

#B0B255 #55B286 #5755B2 #B25582

square

#B0B255 #55B286 #5755B2 #B25582

split-complementary

#B0B255 #5582B2 #8655B2

monochromatic

#60612C #898B3F #B0B255 #C4C57F #D7D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B0B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#B0B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0B255

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0B255	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.117 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac888',
    500: '#b0b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0b255;
$custom-light: #cac888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.29,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74252,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.41727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0B255

secondary

#9E9DC6

accent

#5ACE5D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0B255

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

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