#B6AE47#B6AE47

#B6AE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.124 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AE47
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 61%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -10.15, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 53.44, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0319 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.124 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5660, 40.6733, 11.9373)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AE47 #474FB6

analogous

#B67747 #B6AE47 #86B647

triadic

#B6AE47 #47B6AE #AE47B6

tetradic

#B6AE47 #47B677 #474FB6 #B64786

square

#B6AE47 #47B677 #474FB6 #B64786

split-complementary

#B6AE47 #4786B6 #7747B6

monochromatic

#5E5A25 #8A8436 #B6AE47 #C8C272 #D9D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B6AE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B6AE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AE47

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AE47	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)

#BCA83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.124 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc57e',
    500: '#b6ae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ae47;
$custom-light: #cfc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.676,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73742,
    "c": 0.12436,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AE47

secondary

#9397C6

accent

#5DD454

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AE47

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

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