#B6AE49#B6AE49

#B6AE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.123 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AE49
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 59.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -10.01, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 52.55, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0313 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.123 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6313, 40.6994, 12.2809)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AE49 #4951B6

analogous

#B67749 #B6AE49 #88B649

triadic

#B6AE49 #49B6AE #AE49B6

tetradic

#B6AE49 #49B677 #4951B6 #B64988

square

#B6AE49 #49B677 #4951B6 #B64988

split-complementary

#B6AE49 #4988B6 #7749B6

monochromatic

#5F5A26 #8A8437 #B6AE49 #C8C175 #D9D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B6AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B6AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AE49

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AE49	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.123 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec580',
    500: '#b6ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6ae49;
$custom-light: #cec580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.596,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73762,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AE49

secondary

#9599C6

accent

#5ED355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AE49

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

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