#B6A529#B6A529

#B6A529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.137 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A529
RGB	rgb(182, 165, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 77.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -7.06, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 62.04, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0263 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.137 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1484, 37.0170, 7.4963)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A529 #293AB6

analogous

#B65E29 #B6A529 #80B629

triadic

#B6A529 #29B6A5 #A529B6

tetradic

#B6A529 #29B65E #293AB6 #B62980

square

#B6A529 #29B65E #293AB6 #B62980

split-complementary

#B6A529 #2980B6 #5E29B6

monochromatic

#524A12 #84781E #B6A529 #D5C447 #E1D479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B6A529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B6A529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A529

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A529	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A00B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 165, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.137 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bf6d',
    500: '#b6a529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a529;
$custom-light: #d0bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.766,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71562,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A529

secondary

#727DC9

accent

#55E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A529

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

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