#B6A42F#B6A42F

#B6A42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A42F
RGB	rgb(182, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 74.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -6.28, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 59.65, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0235 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0815, 36.7028, 8.0306)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A42F #2F41B6

analogous

#B6612F #B6A42F #85B62F

triadic

#B6A42F #2FB6A4 #A42FB6

tetradic

#B6A42F #2FB661 #2F41B6 #B62F85

square

#B6A42F #2FB661 #2F41B6 #B62F85

split-complementary

#B6A42F #2F85B6 #612FB6

monochromatic

#554C16 #857822 #B6A42F #D2C150 #DED281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B6A42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B6A42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A42F

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A42F	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)

#B49F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be70',
    500: '#b6a42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a42f;
$custom-light: #d0be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71385,
    "c": 0.13281,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A42F

secondary

#7984C7

accent

#5BE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A42F

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

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