#B6AE45#B6AE45

#B6AE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.126 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AE45
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 62.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -10.29, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 54.31, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0325 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.126 105)
XYZ	xyz(35.5029, 40.6481, 11.6048)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AE45 #454DB6

analogous

#B67645 #B6AE45 #86B645

triadic

#B6AE45 #45B6AE #AE45B6

tetradic

#B6AE45 #45B676 #454DB6 #B64586

square

#B6AE45 #45B676 #454DB6 #B64586

split-complementary

#B6AE45 #4586B6 #7645B6

monochromatic

#5D5923 #8A8434 #B6AE45 #C9C270 #D9D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B6AE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B6AE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AE45

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AE45	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.126 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc57d',
    500: '#b6ae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ae45;
$custom-light: #cfc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73722,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.40647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AE45

secondary

#9195C6

accent

#5CD553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AE45

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

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