#B6B040#B6B040

#B6B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.132 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B040
RGB	rgb(182, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 64.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -11.65, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 57.21, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0369 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.132 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7434, 41.3671, 10.9513)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B040 #4046B6

analogous

#B67540 #B6B040 #81B640

triadic

#B6B040 #40B6B0 #B040B6

tetradic

#B6B040 #40B675 #4046B6 #B64081

square

#B6B040 #40B675 #4046B6 #B64081

split-complementary

#B6B040 #4081B6 #7540B6

monochromatic

#5B5820 #898430 #B6B040 #CAC569 #DAD796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B6B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#B6B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B040

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B040	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.132 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc77a',
    500: '#b6b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b040;
$custom-light: #cfc77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7411,
    "c": 0.13195,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B040

secondary

#8C8FC6

accent

#57D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B040

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

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