#B6A230#B6A230

#B6A230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.131 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A230
RGB	rgb(182, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 73.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -5.17, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 58.67, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0203 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.131 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7468, 36.0008, 8.0197)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A230 #3044B6

analogous

#B65F30 #B6A230 #87B630

triadic

#B6A230 #30B6A2 #A230B6

tetradic

#B6A230 #30B65F #3044B6 #B63087

square

#B6A230 #30B65F #3044B6 #B63087

split-complementary

#B6A230 #3087B6 #5F30B6

monochromatic

#554C16 #867723 #B6A230 #D1BE52 #DED082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B6A230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B6A230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A230

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A230	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.131 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd70',
    500: '#b6a230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a230;
$custom-light: #d0bd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70964,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A230

secondary

#7B86C7

accent

#5DE146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A230

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

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