#B6A42D#B6A42D

#B6A42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A42D
RGB	rgb(182, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 75.3%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -6.37, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 60.37, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.024 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0421, 36.6870, 7.8230)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A42D #2D3FB6

analogous

#B6602D #B6A42D #83B62D

triadic

#B6A42D #2DB6A4 #A42DB6

tetradic

#B6A42D #2DB660 #2D3FB6 #B62D83

square

#B6A42D #2DB660 #2D3FB6 #B62D83

split-complementary

#B6A42D #2D83B6 #602DB6

monochromatic

#544C15 #857821 #B6A42D #D3C14D #DFD27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B6A42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B6A42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A42D

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A42D	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be6f',
    500: '#b6a42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a42d;
$custom-light: #d0be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71372,
    "c": 0.134,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A42D

secondary

#7782C8

accent

#59E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A42D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →