#B6AD33#B6AD33

#B6AD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.138 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AD33
RGB	rgb(182, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 72%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -10.81, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 61.19, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0359 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.138 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8339, 40.0726, 9.0312)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AD33 #333CB6

analogous

#B66B33 #B6AD33 #7DB633

triadic

#B6AD33 #33B6AD #AD33B6

tetradic

#B6AD33 #33B66B #333CB6 #B6337D

square

#B6AD33 #33B66B #333CB6 #B6337D

split-complementary

#B6AD33 #337DB6 #6B33B6

monochromatic

#565218 #868026 #B6AD33 #D0C756 #DDD786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B6AD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B6AD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AD33

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AD33	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)

#BCA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ad33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.138 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc573',
    500: '#b6ad33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ad33;
$custom-light: #cfc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ad33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73354,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AD33

secondary

#7E83C7

accent

#53E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AD33

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

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