#B6AE39#B6AE39

#B6AE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.135 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AE39
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 68.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -11.02, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 59.28, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0359 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.135 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1673, 40.5139, 9.8376)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AE39 #3941B6

analogous

#B67039 #B6AE39 #80B639

triadic

#B6AE39 #39B6AE #AE39B6

tetradic

#B6AE39 #39B670 #3941B6 #B63980

square

#B6AE39 #39B670 #3941B6 #B63980

split-complementary

#B6AE39 #3980B6 #7039B6

monochromatic

#59551C #87812A #B6AE39 #CDC65F #DCD78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B6AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B6AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AE39

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AE39	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)

#BDA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.135 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc576',
    500: '#b6ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ae39;
$custom-light: #cfc576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73616,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AE39

secondary

#8589C6

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AE39

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

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