#B6AD31#B6AD31

#B6AD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.139 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AD31
RGB	rgb(182, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 73.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -10.91, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 61.91, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0364 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.139 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7908, 40.0553, 8.8040)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AD31 #313AB6

analogous

#B66B31 #B6AD31 #7CB631

triadic

#B6AD31 #31B6AD #AD31B6

tetradic

#B6AD31 #31B66B #313AB6 #B6317C

square

#B6AD31 #31B66B #313AB6 #B6317C

split-complementary

#B6AD31 #317CB6 #6B31B6

monochromatic

#565117 #867F24 #B6AD31 #D1C853 #DED884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B6AD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B6AD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AD31

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AD31	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)

#BCA71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ad31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.139 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc572',
    500: '#b6ad31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ad31;
$custom-light: #cfc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ad31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73341,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AD31

secondary

#7C81C7

accent

#51E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AD31

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

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