#B6AE3E#B6AE3E

#B6AE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.132 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AE3E
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 65.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -10.74, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 57.27, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0345 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.132 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2983, 40.5663, 10.5272)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AE3E #3E46B6

analogous

#B6723E #B6AE3E #82B63E

triadic

#B6AE3E #3EB6AE #AE3EB6

tetradic

#B6AE3E #3EB672 #3E46B6 #B63E82

square

#B6AE3E #3EB672 #3E46B6 #B63E82

split-complementary

#B6AE3E #3E82B6 #723EB6

monochromatic

#5B571F #88822E #B6AE3E #CBC466 #DBD694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B6AE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#B6AE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AE3E

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AE3E	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.132 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc579',
    500: '#b6ae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ae3e;
$custom-light: #cfc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73658,
    "c": 0.13151,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AE3E

secondary

#8A8EC6

accent

#58D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AE3E

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

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