#B6A536#B6A536

#B6A536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A536
RGB	rgb(182, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 70.3%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -6.47, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 57.33, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0233 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4139, 37.1232, 8.8948)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A536 #3647B6

analogous

#B66536 #B6A536 #87B636

triadic

#B6A536 #36B6A5 #A536B6

tetradic

#B6A536 #36B665 #3647B6 #B63687

square

#B6A536 #36B665 #3647B6 #B63687

split-complementary

#B6A536 #3687B6 #6536B6

monochromatic

#584F1A #877A28 #B6A536 #CEBF5B #DCD18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B6A536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B6A536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A536

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A536	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf74',
    500: '#b6a536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a536;
$custom-light: #cfbf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7165,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A536

secondary

#818BC6

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A536

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

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