#B6A840#B6A840

#B6A840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A840
RGB	rgb(182, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 64.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -7.47, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 54.24, 97.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0251 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2208, 38.3219, 10.4438)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A840 #404EB6

analogous

#B66D40 #B6A840 #89B640

triadic

#B6A840 #40B6A8 #A840B6

tetradic

#B6A840 #40B66D #404EB6 #B64089

square

#B6A840 #40B66D #404EB6 #B64089

split-complementary

#B6A840 #4089B6 #6D40B6

monochromatic

#5B5420 #897E30 #B6A840 #CABF69 #DAD296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B6A840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#B6A840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A840

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A840	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc17a',
    500: '#b6a840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a840;
$custom-light: #cfc17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7238,
    "c": 0.12439,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A840

secondary

#8C93C6

accent

#60D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A840

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

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