#B6AE35#B6AE35

#B6AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.138 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AE35
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 70.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -11.23, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 60.81, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0369 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.138 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0715, 40.4755, 9.3326)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AE35 #353DB6

analogous

#B66D35 #B6AE35 #7DB635

triadic

#B6AE35 #35B6AE #AE35B6

tetradic

#B6AE35 #35B66D #353DB6 #B6357D

square

#B6AE35 #35B66D #353DB6 #B6357D

split-complementary

#B6AE35 #357DB6 #6D35B6

monochromatic

#575319 #878127 #B6AE35 #CFC859 #DDD789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B6AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B6AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AE35

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AE35	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)

#BDA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.138 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc574',
    500: '#b6ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ae35;
$custom-light: #cfc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73586,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AE35

secondary

#8085C7

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AE35

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

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