#B6A62E#B6A62E

#B6A62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A62E
RGB	rgb(182, 166, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 74.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -7.38, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 60.64, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0267 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4223, 37.4163, 8.0458)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A62E #2E3EB6

analogous

#B6622E #B6A62E #82B62E

triadic

#B6A62E #2EB6A6 #A62EB6

tetradic

#B6A62E #2EB662 #2E3EB6 #B62E82

square

#B6A62E #2EB662 #2E3EB6 #B62E82

split-complementary

#B6A62E #2E82B6 #622EB6

monochromatic

#544D15 #857922 #B6A62E #D2C34F #DFD480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B6A62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B6A62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A62E

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A62E	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 166, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c070',
    500: '#b6a62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a62e;
$custom-light: #d0c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71808,
    "c": 0.13504,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A62E

secondary

#7882C8

accent

#58E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A62E

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

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