#B6AE37#B6AE37

#B6AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.136 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AE37
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 69.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -11.13, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 60.05, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0364 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.136 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1184, 40.4943, 9.5800)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AE37 #373FB6

analogous

#B66F37 #B6AE37 #7FB637

triadic

#B6AE37 #37B6AE #AE37B6

tetradic

#B6AE37 #37B66F #373FB6 #B6377F

square

#B6AE37 #37B66F #373FB6 #B6377F

split-complementary

#B6AE37 #377FB6 #6F37B6

monochromatic

#58541B #878129 #B6AE37 #CEC75C #DCD78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B6AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B6AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AE37

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AE37	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)

#BDA824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.136 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc575',
    500: '#b6ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ae37;
$custom-light: #cfc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73601,
    "c": 0.13647,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AE37

secondary

#8287C6

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AE37

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

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