#B6A235#B6A235

#B6A235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A235
RGB	rgb(182, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 70.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -4.93, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 56.76, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0191 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8559, 36.0444, 8.5941)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A235 #3549B6

analogous

#B66135 #B6A235 #89B635

triadic

#B6A235 #35B6A2 #A235B6

tetradic

#B6A235 #35B661 #3549B6 #B63589

square

#B6A235 #35B661 #3549B6 #B63589

split-complementary

#B6A235 #3589B6 #6135B6

monochromatic

#574E19 #877827 #B6A235 #CFBD59 #DDD089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B6A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B6A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A235

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A235	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)

#B29E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd73',
    500: '#b6a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a235;
$custom-light: #cfbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71001,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A235

secondary

#808BC7

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A235

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

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