#B6A42E#B6A42E

#B6A42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.133 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A42E
RGB	rgb(182, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 74.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -6.32, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 60.01, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0238 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.133 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0616, 36.6948, 7.9256)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A42E #2E40B6

analogous

#B6602E #B6A42E #84B62E

triadic

#B6A42E #2EB6A4 #A42EB6

tetradic

#B6A42E #2EB660 #2E40B6 #B62E84

square

#B6A42E #2EB660 #2E40B6 #B62E84

split-complementary

#B6A42E #2E84B6 #602EB6

monochromatic

#544C15 #857822 #B6A42E #D2C14F #DFD280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B6A42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B6A42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A42E

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A42E	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)

#B49F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.133 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be70',
    500: '#b6a42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a42e;
$custom-light: #d0be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71378,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A42E

secondary

#7883C8

accent

#5AE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A42E

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

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