#B6AE36#B6AE36

#B6AE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.137 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AE36
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 70.3%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -11.18, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 60.43, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0367 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.137 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0947, 40.4848, 9.4550)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AE36 #363EB6

analogous

#B66E36 #B6AE36 #7EB636

triadic

#B6AE36 #36B6AE #AE36B6

tetradic

#B6AE36 #36B66E #363EB6 #B6367E

square

#B6AE36 #36B66E #363EB6 #B6367E

split-complementary

#B6AE36 #367EB6 #6E36B6

monochromatic

#58541A #878128 #B6AE36 #CEC75B #DCD78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B6AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B6AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AE36

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AE36	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.137 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc575',
    500: '#b6ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ae36;
$custom-light: #cfc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73593,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AE36

secondary

#8186C6

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AE36

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

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