#B6A738#B6A738

#B6A738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.129 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A738
RGB	rgb(182, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 69.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -7.42, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 57.20, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0258 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.129 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8254, 37.8695, 9.2684)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A738 #3847B6

analogous

#B66838 #B6A738 #86B638

triadic

#B6A738 #38B6A7 #A738B6

tetradic

#B6A738 #38B668 #3847B6 #B63886

square

#B6A738 #38B668 #3847B6 #B63886

split-complementary

#B6A738 #3886B6 #6838B6

monochromatic

#58511B #877C2A #B6A738 #CDC05E #DCD28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B6A738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B6A738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A738

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A738	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.129 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc075',
    500: '#b6a738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a738;
$custom-light: #cfc075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72096,
    "c": 0.12945,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A738

secondary

#848BC6

accent

#5DDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A738

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

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