#B6A640#B6A640

#B6A640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A640
RGB	rgb(182, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 64.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -6.42, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 53.53, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0221 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8544, 37.5891, 10.3217)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A640 #4050B6

analogous

#B66B40 #B6A640 #8BB640

triadic

#B6A640 #40B6A6 #A640B6

tetradic

#B6A640 #40B66B #4050B6 #B6408B

square

#B6A640 #40B66B #4050B6 #B6408B

split-complementary

#B6A640 #408BB6 #6B40B6

monochromatic

#5B5320 #897D30 #B6A640 #CABD69 #DAD196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B6A640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#B6A640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A640

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A640	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc07a',
    500: '#b6a640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a640;
$custom-light: #cfc07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71951,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A640

secondary

#8C94C6

accent

#63D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A640

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

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