#B6A437#B6A437

#B6A437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.128 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A437
RGB	rgb(182, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 69.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -5.88, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 56.60, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0216 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.128 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2580, 36.7734, 8.9598)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A437 #3749B6

analogous

#B66537 #B6A437 #89B637

triadic

#B6A437 #37B6A4 #A437B6

tetradic

#B6A437 #37B665 #3749B6 #B63789

square

#B6A437 #37B665 #3749B6 #B63789

split-complementary

#B6A437 #3789B6 #6537B6

monochromatic

#584F1B #877A29 #B6A437 #CEBE5C #DCD18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B6A437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B6A437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A437

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A437	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.128 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe74',
    500: '#b6a437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a437;
$custom-light: #cfbe74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71444,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A437

secondary

#828CC6

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A437

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

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