#B6B042#B6B042

#B6B042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.130 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B042
RGB	rgb(182, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 63.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -11.53, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 56.37, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0363 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.13 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8014, 41.3903, 11.2565)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B042 #4248B6

analogous

#B67642 #B6B042 #82B642

triadic

#B6B042 #42B6B0 #B042B6

tetradic

#B6B042 #42B676 #4248B6 #B64282

square

#B6B042 #42B676 #4248B6 #B64282

split-complementary

#B6B042 #4282B6 #7642B6

monochromatic

#5C5921 #898532 #B6B042 #CAC56C #DAD699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B6B042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#B6B042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B042

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B042	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.130 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc77c',
    500: '#b6b042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b042;
$custom-light: #cfc77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74128,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B042

secondary

#8E91C6

accent

#58D651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B042

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

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