#B6A236#B6A236

#B6A236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.127 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A236
RGB	rgb(182, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 70.3%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -4.87, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 56.36, 94.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0188 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.127 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8791, 36.0537, 8.7165)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A236 #364AB6

analogous

#B66236 #B6A236 #8AB636

triadic

#B6A236 #36B6A2 #A236B6

tetradic

#B6A236 #36B662 #364AB6 #B6368A

square

#B6A236 #36B662 #364AB6 #B6368A

split-complementary

#B6A236 #368AB6 #6236B6

monochromatic

#584E1A #877828 #B6A236 #CEBC5B #DCCF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B6A236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B6A236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A236

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A236	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)

#B29E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.127 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd74',
    500: '#b6a236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a236;
$custom-light: #cfbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71009,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A236

secondary

#818CC6

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A236

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

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