#B6AD2D#B6AD2D

#B6AD2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.142 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AD2D
RGB	rgb(182, 173, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 75.3%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -11.08, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 63.30, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0373 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.142 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7101, 40.0230, 8.3790)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AD2D #2D36B6

analogous

#B6682D #B6AD2D #7BB62D

triadic

#B6AD2D #2DB6AD #AD2DB6

tetradic

#B6AD2D #2DB668 #2D36B6 #B62D7B

square

#B6AD2D #2DB668 #2D36B6 #B62D7B

split-complementary

#B6AD2D #2D7BB6 #682DB6

monochromatic

#545015 #857E21 #B6AD2D #D3CA4D #DFD97E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B6AD2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B6AD2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AD2D

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AD2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AD2D	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)

#BCA711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ad2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 173, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.142 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c570',
    500: '#b6ad2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ad2d;
$custom-light: #d0c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ad2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73315,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AD2D

secondary

#777CC8

accent

#4FE344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AD2D

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

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