#B6A537#B6A537

#B6A537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A537
RGB	rgb(182, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 69.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -6.41, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 56.93, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0231 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4376, 37.1327, 9.0197)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A537 #3748B6

analogous

#B66637 #B6A537 #87B637

triadic

#B6A537 #37B6A5 #A537B6

tetradic

#B6A537 #37B666 #3748B6 #B63787

square

#B6A537 #37B666 #3748B6 #B63787

split-complementary

#B6A537 #3787B6 #6637B6

monochromatic

#58501B #877A29 #B6A537 #CEBF5C #DCD18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B6A537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B6A537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A537

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A537	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf74',
    500: '#b6a537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a537;
$custom-light: #cfbf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71658,
    "c": 0.12845,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A537

secondary

#828CC6

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A537

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

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