#B6A440#B6A440

#B6A440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A440
RGB	rgb(182, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 64.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -5.36, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 52.85, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.019 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4937, 36.8677, 10.2014)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A440 #4052B6

analogous

#B66940 #B6A440 #8DB640

triadic

#B6A440 #40B6A4 #A440B6

tetradic

#B6A440 #40B669 #4052B6 #B6408D

square

#B6A440 #40B669 #4052B6 #B6408D

split-complementary

#B6A440 #408DB6 #6940B6

monochromatic

#5B5220 #897B30 #B6A440 #CABB69 #DAD096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B6A440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B6A440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A440

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A440	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe7a',
    500: '#b6a440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a440;
$custom-light: #cfbe7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71523,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A440

secondary

#8C95C6

accent

#65D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A440

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

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