#B6A23B#B6A23B

#B6A23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.123 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A23B
RGB	rgb(182, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 67.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -4.60, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 54.32, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0174 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.123 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0027, 36.1031, 9.3671)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A23B #3B4FB6

analogous

#B6653B #B6A23B #8CB63B

triadic

#B6A23B #3BB6A2 #A23BB6

tetradic

#B6A23B #3BB665 #3B4FB6 #B63B8C

square

#B6A23B #3BB665 #3B4FB6 #B63B8C

split-complementary

#B6A23B #3B8CB6 #653BB6

monochromatic

#5A501D #88792C #B6A23B #CCBB62 #DBCF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B6A23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B6A23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A23B

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A23B	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.123 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd76',
    500: '#b6a23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a23b;
$custom-light: #cfbd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71051,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A23B

secondary

#8791C6

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A23B

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

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