#B6AE31#B6AE31

#B6AE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.140 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AE31
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 73.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -11.42, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 62.26, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0378 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.14 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9833, 40.4402, 8.8681)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AE31 #3139B6

analogous

#B66B31 #B6AE31 #7BB631

triadic

#B6AE31 #31B6AE #AE31B6

tetradic

#B6AE31 #31B66B #3139B6 #B6317B

square

#B6AE31 #31B66B #3139B6 #B6317B

split-complementary

#B6AE31 #317BB6 #6B31B6

monochromatic

#565217 #868024 #B6AE31 #D1C953 #DED884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B6AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B6AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AE31

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AE31	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA81A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.140 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc572',
    500: '#b6ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ae31;
$custom-light: #cfc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73558,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AE31

secondary

#7C80C7

accent

#50E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AE31

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

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