#B6A342#B6A342

#B6A342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.118 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A342
RGB	rgb(182, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 63.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -4.70, 51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 51.63, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0169 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.118 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3734, 36.5343, 10.4471)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A342 #4255B6

analogous

#B66942 #B6A342 #8FB642

triadic

#B6A342 #42B6A3 #A342B6

tetradic

#B6A342 #42B669 #4255B6 #B6428F

square

#B6A342 #42B669 #4255B6 #B6428F

split-complementary

#B6A342 #428FB6 #6942B6

monochromatic

#5C5321 #897B32 #B6A342 #CABA6C #DACF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B6A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B6A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A342

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A342	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.118 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe7b',
    500: '#b6a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a342;
$custom-light: #cfbe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7133,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A342

secondary

#8E97C6

accent

#67D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A342

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

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