#B0B438#B0B438

#B0B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.143 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0B438
RGB	rgb(176, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -16.74, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 61.92, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0517 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.143 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9407, 42.1590, 10.0375)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0B438 #3C38B4

analogous

#B47A38 #B0B438 #72B438

triadic

#B0B438 #38B0B4 #B438B0

tetradic

#B0B438 #38B47A #3C38B4 #B43872

square

#B0B438 #38B47A #3C38B4 #B43872

split-complementary

#B0B438 #3872B4 #7A38B4

monochromatic

#55571B #828529 #B0B438 #C9CD5D #D8DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B0B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#B0B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0B438

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0B438	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.143 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbca76',
    500: '#b0b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0b438;
$custom-light: #cbca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74408,
    "c": 0.14285,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0B438

secondary

#8582C5

accent

#4CDC50

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0B438

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

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