#B6AA31#B6AA31

#B6AA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.137 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AA31
RGB	rgb(182, 170, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 73.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -9.34, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 60.88, 98.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.032 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.137 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2220, 38.9177, 8.6144)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AA31 #313DB6

analogous

#B66731 #B6AA31 #80B631

triadic

#B6AA31 #31B6AA #AA31B6

tetradic

#B6AA31 #31B667 #313DB6 #B63180

square

#B6AA31 #31B667 #313DB6 #B63180

split-complementary

#B6AA31 #3180B6 #6731B6

monochromatic

#565017 #867D24 #B6AA31 #D1C553 #DED684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B6AA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B6AA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AA31

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AA31	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6aa31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 170, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.137 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c372',
    500: '#b6aa31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6aa31;
$custom-light: #d0c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6aa31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7269,
    "c": 0.13667,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AA31

secondary

#7C82C7

accent

#55E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AA31

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

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