#B6AD41#B6AD41

#B6AD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.128 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AD41
RGB	rgb(182, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 64.3%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -10.03, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 55.65, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0322 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.128 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1904, 40.2152, 10.9086)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AD41 #414AB6

analogous

#B67241 #B6AD41 #84B641

triadic

#B6AD41 #41B6AD #AD41B6

tetradic

#B6AD41 #41B672 #414AB6 #B64184

square

#B6AD41 #41B672 #414AB6 #B64184

split-complementary

#B6AD41 #4184B6 #7241B6

monochromatic

#5C5721 #898231 #B6AD41 #CAC36A #DAD597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B6AD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#B6AD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AD41

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AD41	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.128 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc57b',
    500: '#b6ad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ad41;
$custom-light: #cfc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73468,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AD41

secondary

#8D91C6

accent

#5BD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AD41

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

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