#B6A040#B6A040

#B6A040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.118 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A040
RGB	rgb(182, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 64.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -3.23, 51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 51.53, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0129 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.118 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7891, 35.4585, 9.9666)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A040 #4056B6

analogous

#B66540 #B6A040 #91B640

triadic

#B6A040 #40B6A0 #A040B6

tetradic

#B6A040 #40B665 #4056B6 #B64091

square

#B6A040 #40B665 #4056B6 #B64091

split-complementary

#B6A040 #4091B6 #6540B6

monochromatic

#5B5020 #897830 #B6A040 #CAB869 #DACD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B6A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B6A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A040

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A040	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.118 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb79',
    500: '#b6a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a040;
$custom-light: #cfbb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70673,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A040

secondary

#8C97C6

accent

#69D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A040

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

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