#B6A229#B6A229
#B6A229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.135 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B6A229 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(182, 162, 41) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 63%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 77%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11%, 77.5%, 28.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.48, -5.47, 60.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.48, 61.14, 95.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.92% -0.0218 0.1329) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.92% 0.135 99.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.6136, 35.9475, 7.3181) |
| Luminance | 0.3595 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.83
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 3.89
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 4.86
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 5.27
Brownish Yellow
#C9B003
ΔE00 5.33
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 5.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B6A229 #293DB6
analogous
#B65B29 #B6A229 #83B629
triadic
#B6A229 #29B6A2 #A229B6
tetradic
#B6A229 #29B65B #293DB6 #B62983
square
#B6A229 #29B65B #293DB6 #B62983
split-complementary
#B6A229 #2983B6 #5B29B6
monochromatic
#524912 #84761E #B6A229 #D5C147 #E1D279
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.56
#B6A229 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.19
#B6A229 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B6A229
8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B6A229 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B6A229 | 1.00 | 2.56 | 8.19 | 8.19 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B29E0D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A532
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C5968B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b6a229; /* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 162, 41); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.135 99.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d0bd6d',
500: '#b6a229',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b6a229; $custom-light: #d0bd6d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b6a229",
"rgb": {
"r": 182,
"g": 162,
"b": 41
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.489,
"s": 63.229,
"l": 43.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70919,
"c": 0.13465,
"h": 99.3
},
"luminance": 0.35946
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B6A229
secondary
#727EC9
accent
#59E642
background
#FDFBF6
surface
#FAF6EC
border
#D3D0C7
text
#141208
muted
#83817B