#B6A931#B6A931

#B6A931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.136 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A931
RGB	rgb(182, 169, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 73.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -8.82, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 60.55, 98.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0305 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.136 103)
XYZ	xyz(34.0352, 38.5442, 8.5521)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A931 #313EB6

analogous

#B66631 #B6A931 #81B631

triadic

#B6A931 #31B6A9 #A931B6

tetradic

#B6A931 #31B666 #313EB6 #B63181

square

#B6A931 #31B666 #313EB6 #B63181

split-complementary

#B6A931 #3181B6 #6631B6

monochromatic

#564F17 #867C24 #B6A931 #D1C553 #DED584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B6A931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B6A931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A931

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A931	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 169, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.136 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c272',
    500: '#b6a931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a931;
$custom-light: #d0c272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72474,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.38543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A931

secondary

#7C83C7

accent

#56E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A931

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

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