#B6A234#B6A234

#B6A234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.128 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A234
RGB	rgb(182, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 71.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -4.98, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 57.15, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0193 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.128 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8331, 36.0353, 8.4742)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A234 #3448B6

analogous

#B66134 #B6A234 #89B634

triadic

#B6A234 #34B6A2 #A234B6

tetradic

#B6A234 #34B661 #3448B6 #B63489

square

#B6A234 #34B661 #3448B6 #B63489

split-complementary

#B6A234 #3489B6 #6134B6

monochromatic

#574D19 #867826 #B6A234 #CFBD58 #DDD088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B6A234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B6A234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A234

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A234	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.128 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd72',
    500: '#b6a234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a234;
$custom-light: #cfbd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70994,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A234

secondary

#7F8AC7

accent

#60DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A234

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

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