#B6A540#B6A540

#B6A540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.122 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A540
RGB	rgb(182, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 64.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -5.89, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 53.19, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0205 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.122 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6734, 37.2270, 10.2613)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A540 #4051B6

analogous

#B66A40 #B6A540 #8CB640

triadic

#B6A540 #40B6A5 #A540B6

tetradic

#B6A540 #40B66A #4051B6 #B6408C

square

#B6A540 #40B66A #4051B6 #B6408C

split-complementary

#B6A540 #408CB6 #6A40B6

monochromatic

#5B5320 #897C30 #B6A540 #CABC69 #DAD096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B6A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B6A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A540

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A540	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.122 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf7a',
    500: '#b6a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a540;
$custom-light: #cfbf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71737,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A540

secondary

#8C94C6

accent

#64D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A540

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

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