#B6AE2D#B6AE2D

#B6AE2D 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	#B6AE2D
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 75.3%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -11.60, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 63.64, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0387 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.143 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9026, 40.4080, 8.4431)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AE2D #2D35B6

analogous

#B6692D #B6AE2D #7AB62D

triadic

#B6AE2D #2DB6AE #AE2DB6

tetradic

#B6AE2D #2DB669 #2D35B6 #B62D7A

square

#B6AE2D #2DB669 #2D35B6 #B62D7A

split-complementary

#B6AE2D #2D7AB6 #692DB6

monochromatic

#545015 #857F21 #B6AE2D #D3CB4D #DFDA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B6AE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B6AE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AE2D

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AE2D	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)

#BDA711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.143 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c570',
    500: '#b6ae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ae2d;
$custom-light: #d0c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73533,
    "c": 0.1426,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AE2D

secondary

#777CC8

accent

#4EE344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AE2D

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

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