#B6AC3E#B6AC3E

#B6AC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.130 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AC3E
RGB	rgb(182, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 65.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -9.69, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 56.53, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0316 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.13 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9148, 39.7992, 10.3994)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AC3E #3E48B6

analogous

#B6703E #B6AC3E #84B63E

triadic

#B6AC3E #3EB6AC #AC3EB6

tetradic

#B6AC3E #3EB670 #3E48B6 #B63E84

square

#B6AC3E #3EB670 #3E48B6 #B63E84

split-complementary

#B6AC3E #3E84B6 #703EB6

monochromatic

#5B561F #88812E #B6AC3E #CBC366 #DBD594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B6AC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B6AC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AC3E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AC3E	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.130 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc479',
    500: '#b6ac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ac3e;
$custom-light: #cfc479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73224,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AC3E

secondary

#8A8FC6

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AC3E

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

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