#B6AE32#B6AE32

#B6AE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.140 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AE32
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 72.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -11.38, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 61.91, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0376 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.14 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0046, 40.4488, 8.9805)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AE32 #323AB6

analogous

#B66C32 #B6AE32 #7CB632

triadic

#B6AE32 #32B6AE #AE32B6

tetradic

#B6AE32 #32B66C #323AB6 #B6327C

square

#B6AE32 #32B66C #323AB6 #B6327C

split-complementary

#B6AE32 #327CB6 #6C32B6

monochromatic

#565218 #868025 #B6AE32 #D0C955 #DDD885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B6AE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B6AE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AE32

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AE32	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)

#BDA81C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.140 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc573',
    500: '#b6ae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ae32;
$custom-light: #cfc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73565,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AE32

secondary

#7D81C7

accent

#51E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AE32

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

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