#B6A331#B6A331

#B6A331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A331
RGB	rgb(182, 163, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 73.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -5.66, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 58.61, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0216 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9445, 36.3628, 8.1886)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A331 #3144B6

analogous

#B66131 #B6A331 #86B631

triadic

#B6A331 #31B6A3 #A331B6

tetradic

#B6A331 #31B661 #3144B6 #B63186

square

#B6A331 #31B661 #3144B6 #B63186

split-complementary

#B6A331 #3186B6 #6131B6

monochromatic

#564D17 #867824 #B6A331 #D1BF53 #DED184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B6A331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B6A331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A331

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A331	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 163, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd71',
    500: '#b6a331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a331;
$custom-light: #d0bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71185,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A331

secondary

#7C86C7

accent

#5DE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A331

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

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