#B6AE2E#B6AE2E

#B6AE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.142 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AE2E
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 74.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -11.56, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 63.30, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0385 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.142 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9221, 40.4158, 8.5457)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AE2E #2E36B6

analogous

#B66A2E #B6AE2E #7AB62E

triadic

#B6AE2E #2EB6AE #AE2EB6

tetradic

#B6AE2E #2EB66A #2E36B6 #B62E7A

square

#B6AE2E #2EB66A #2E36B6 #B62E7A

split-complementary

#B6AE2E #2E7AB6 #6A2EB6

monochromatic

#545115 #857F22 #B6AE2E #D2CB4F #DFD980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B6AE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B6AE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AE2E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AE2E	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)

#BDA813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.142 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c571',
    500: '#b6ae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ae2e;
$custom-light: #d0c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73539,
    "c": 0.14204,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AE2E

secondary

#787DC8

accent

#4EE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AE2E

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

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