#B6AB31#B6AB31

#B6AB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.138 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AB31
RGB	rgb(182, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 73.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -9.87, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 61.22, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0335 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.138 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4102, 39.2940, 8.6771)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AB31 #313CB6

analogous

#B66931 #B6AB31 #7EB631

triadic

#B6AB31 #31B6AB #AB31B6

tetradic

#B6AB31 #31B669 #313CB6 #B6317E

square

#B6AB31 #31B669 #313CB6 #B6317E

split-complementary

#B6AB31 #317EB6 #6931B6

monochromatic

#565017 #867E24 #B6AB31 #D1C653 #DED684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B6AB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B6AB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AB31

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AB31	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.138 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc372',
    500: '#b6ab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ab31;
$custom-light: #cfc372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72907,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AB31

secondary

#7C82C7

accent

#54E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AB31

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

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