#B6AB38#B6AB38

#B6AB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.133 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AB38
RGB	rgb(182, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 69.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -9.51, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 58.59, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0317 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.133 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5695, 39.3578, 9.5165)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AB38 #3843B6

analogous

#B66C38 #B6AB38 #82B638

triadic

#B6AB38 #38B6AB #AB38B6

tetradic

#B6AB38 #38B66C #3843B6 #B63882

square

#B6AB38 #38B66C #3843B6 #B63882

split-complementary

#B6AB38 #3882B6 #6C38B6

monochromatic

#58531B #877F2A #B6AB38 #CDC45E #DCD58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B6AB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B6AB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AB38

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AB38	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.133 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc376',
    500: '#b6ab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ab38;
$custom-light: #cfc376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72958,
    "c": 0.13301,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AB38

secondary

#8489C6

accent

#58DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AB38

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

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