#B6AA37#B6AA37

#B6AA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.133 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AA37
RGB	rgb(182, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 69.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -9.04, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 58.63, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0305 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.133 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3572, 38.9718, 9.3262)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AA37 #3743B6

analogous

#B66B37 #B6AA37 #83B637

triadic

#B6AA37 #37B6AA #AA37B6

tetradic

#B6AA37 #37B66B #3743B6 #B63783

square

#B6AA37 #37B66B #3743B6 #B63783

split-complementary

#B6AA37 #3783B6 #6B37B6

monochromatic

#58521B #877E29 #B6AA37 #CEC35C #DCD48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B6AA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B6AA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AA37

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AA37	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)

#B9A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6aa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.133 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc375',
    500: '#b6aa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6aa37;
$custom-light: #cfc375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6aa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72734,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AA37

secondary

#8289C6

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AA37

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

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