#B6AE2C#B6AE2C

#B6AE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.143 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AE2C
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 75.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -11.64, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 63.97, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0389 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.143 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8835, 40.4004, 8.3429)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AE2C #2C34B6

analogous

#B6692C #B6AE2C #79B62C

triadic

#B6AE2C #2CB6AE #AE2CB6

tetradic

#B6AE2C #2CB669 #2C34B6 #B62C79

square

#B6AE2C #2CB669 #2C34B6 #B62C79

split-complementary

#B6AE2C #2C79B6 #692CB6

monochromatic

#535014 #857F20 #B6AE2C #D4CC4C #E0DA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B6AE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B6AE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AE2C

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AE2C	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)

#BDA70E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.143 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c570',
    500: '#b6ae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ae2c;
$custom-light: #d0c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73527,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AE2C

secondary

#767BC8

accent

#4DE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AE2C

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

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