#B6AC37#B6AC37

#B6AC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.135 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AC37
RGB	rgb(182, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 69.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -10.09, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 59.33, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0335 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.135 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7349, 39.7273, 9.4522)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AC37 #3741B6

analogous

#B66D37 #B6AC37 #81B637

triadic

#B6AC37 #37B6AC #AC37B6

tetradic

#B6AC37 #37B66D #3741B6 #B63781

square

#B6AC37 #37B66D #3741B6 #B63781

split-complementary

#B6AC37 #3781B6 #6D37B6

monochromatic

#58531B #878029 #B6AC37 #CEC55C #DCD68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B6AC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B6AC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AC37

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AC37	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.135 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc475',
    500: '#b6ac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ac37;
$custom-light: #cfc475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73167,
    "c": 0.13461,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AC37

secondary

#8288C6

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AC37

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

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