#B6AA33#B6AA33

#B6AA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.135 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AA33
RGB	rgb(182, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 72%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -9.25, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 60.15, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0315 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.135 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2651, 38.9350, 8.8416)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AA33 #333FB6

analogous

#B66833 #B6AA33 #80B633

triadic

#B6AA33 #33B6AA #AA33B6

tetradic

#B6AA33 #33B668 #333FB6 #B63380

square

#B6AA33 #33B668 #333FB6 #B63380

split-complementary

#B6AA33 #3380B6 #6833B6

monochromatic

#565118 #867D26 #B6AA33 #D0C556 #DDD586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B6AA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B6AA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AA33

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AA33	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6aa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.135 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc373',
    500: '#b6aa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6aa33;
$custom-light: #cfc373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6aa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72704,
    "c": 0.13542,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AA33

secondary

#7E85C7

accent

#56E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AA33

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

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