#B6AE29#B6AE29

#B6AE29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.145 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AE29
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 41)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 77.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -11.76, 63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 64.94, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0395 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.145 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8292, 40.3786, 8.0566)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AE29 #2931B6

analogous

#B66729 #B6AE29 #77B629

triadic

#B6AE29 #29B6AE #AE29B6

tetradic

#B6AE29 #29B667 #2931B6 #B62977

square

#B6AE29 #29B667 #2931B6 #B62977

split-complementary

#B6AE29 #2977B6 #6729B6

monochromatic

#524E12 #847E1E #B6AE29 #D5CD47 #E1DB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B6AE29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B6AE29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AE29

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AE29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AE29	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA704

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ae29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.145 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c56e',
    500: '#b6ae29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ae29;
$custom-light: #d0c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ae29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.596,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7351,
    "c": 0.14473,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AE29

secondary

#7277C9

accent

#4BE642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AE29

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

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