#B6AD2E#B6AD2E

#B6AD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.141 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AD2E
RGB	rgb(182, 173, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 74.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -11.04, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 62.96, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0371 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.141 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7296, 40.0308, 8.4816)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AD2E #2E37B6

analogous

#B6692E #B6AD2E #7BB62E

triadic

#B6AD2E #2EB6AD #AD2EB6

tetradic

#B6AD2E #2EB669 #2E37B6 #B62E7B

square

#B6AD2E #2EB669 #2E37B6 #B62E7B

split-complementary

#B6AD2E #2E7BB6 #692EB6

monochromatic

#545015 #857F22 #B6AD2E #D2CA4F #DFD880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B6AD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B6AD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AD2E

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AD2E	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ad2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 173, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.141 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c571',
    500: '#b6ad2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ad2e;
$custom-light: #d0c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ad2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73321,
    "c": 0.14112,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AD2E

secondary

#787DC8

accent

#4FE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AD2E

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

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