#B6A42B#B6A42B

#B6A42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A42B
RGB	rgb(182, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 76.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -6.45, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 61.06, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0244 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0045, 36.6720, 7.6250)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A42B #2B3DB6

analogous

#B65F2B #B6A42B #83B62B

triadic

#B6A42B #2BB6A4 #A42BB6

tetradic

#B6A42B #2BB65F #2B3DB6 #B62B83

square

#B6A42B #2BB65F #2B3DB6 #B62B83

split-complementary

#B6A42B #2B83B6 #5F2BB6

monochromatic

#534B14 #84771F #B6A42B #D4C24A #E0D37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B6A42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B6A42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A42B

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A42B	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be6e',
    500: '#b6a42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a42b;
$custom-light: #d0be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71359,
    "c": 0.13512,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A42B

secondary

#757FC8

accent

#58E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A42B

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

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