#B6AD29#B6AD29

#B6AD29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.144 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AD29
RGB	rgb(182, 173, 41)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 77.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -11.25, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 64.60, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0381 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.144 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6367, 39.9937, 7.9925)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AD29 #2932B6

analogous

#B66629 #B6AD29 #78B629

triadic

#B6AD29 #29B6AD #AD29B6

tetradic

#B6AD29 #29B666 #2932B6 #B62978

square

#B6AD29 #29B666 #2932B6 #B62978

split-complementary

#B6AD29 #2978B6 #6629B6

monochromatic

#524E12 #847E1E #B6AD29 #D5CC47 #E1DA79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B6AD29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B6AD29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AD29

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AD29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AD29	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA705

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ad29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 173, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.144 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c56e',
    500: '#b6ad29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ad29;
$custom-light: #d0c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ad29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73292,
    "c": 0.14383,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AD29

secondary

#7278C9

accent

#4CE642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AD29

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

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