#B0C231#B0C231
#B0C231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.162 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B0C231 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(176, 194, 49) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 60%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 75%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.85, -24.05, 65.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.85, 70.09, 110.06°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.49% -0.0727 0.1451) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.49% 0.162 116.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.7516, 48.0359, 10.1883) |
| Luminance | 0.4803 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 2.19
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 2.59
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.72
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.83
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 2.94
Bright Olive
#9CBB04
ΔE00 3.66
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B0C231 #4331C2
analogous
#C28B31 #B0C231 #68C231
triadic
#B0C231 #31B0C2 #C231B0
tetradic
#B0C231 #31C28B #4331C2 #C23168
square
#B0C231 #31C28B #4331C2 #C23168
split-complementary
#B0C231 #3168C2 #8B31C2
monochromatic
#576018 #849125 #B0C231 #C6D65B #D7E28C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.98
#B0C231 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.61
#B0C231 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B0C231
10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B0C231 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B0C231 | 1.00 | 1.98 | 10.61 | 10.61 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.98 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0B80F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEB93E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BBB7A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b0c231; /* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 194, 49); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.162 116.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cbd474',
500: '#b0c231',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b0c231; $custom-light: #cbd474; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b0c231",
"rgb": {
"r": 176,
"g": 194,
"b": 49
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.448,
"s": 59.671,
"l": 47.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77494,
"c": 0.16228,
"h": 116.6
},
"luminance": 0.48035
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B0C231
secondary
#8C83CC
accent
#45E359
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F9ED
border
#D2D2C8
text
#141409
muted
#82827B