#B6A237#B6A237
#B6A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B6A237 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(182, 162, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 54%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 70%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11%, 69.8%, 28.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.57, -4.82, 55.75) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.57, 55.96, 94.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.02% -0.0185 0.1246) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.02% 0.126 98.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.9029, 36.0632, 8.8415) |
| Luminance | 0.3606 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.47
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 4.97
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 5.31
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 5.54
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 6.04
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 6.04
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B6A237 #374BB6
analogous
#B66337 #B6A237 #8BB637
triadic
#B6A237 #37B6A2 #A237B6
tetradic
#B6A237 #37B663 #374BB6 #B6378B
square
#B6A237 #37B663 #374BB6 #B6378B
split-complementary
#B6A237 #378BB6 #6337B6
monochromatic
#584E1B #877829 #B6A237 #CEBC5C #DCCF8B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.56
#B6A237 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.21
#B6A237 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B6A237
8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B6A237 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B6A237 | 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)
#B29E28
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A53D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C4968C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b6a237; /* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 162, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.126 98.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cfbd74',
500: '#b6a237',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b6a237; $custom-light: #cfbd74; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b6a237",
"rgb": {
"r": 182,
"g": 162,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.551,
"s": 53.586,
"l": 46.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71017,
"c": 0.12601,
"h": 98.5
},
"luminance": 0.36062
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B6A237
secondary
#828DC6
accent
#62DD4B
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF6ED
border
#D3D0C8
text
#141209
muted
#83817B