#B6B149#B6B149

#B6B149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.126 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B149
RGB	rgb(182, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 59.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -11.57, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 53.74, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0357 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.126 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2173, 41.8715, 12.4763)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B149 #494EB6

analogous

#B67B49 #B6B149 #84B649

triadic

#B6B149 #49B6B1 #B149B6

tetradic

#B6B149 #49B67B #494EB6 #B64984

square

#B6B149 #49B67B #494EB6 #B64984

split-complementary

#B6B149 #4984B6 #7B49B6

monochromatic

#5F5C26 #8A8737 #B6B149 #C8C475 #D9D6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B6B149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#B6B149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B149

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B149	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.126 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec880',
    500: '#b6b149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b149;
$custom-light: #cec880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.248,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74413,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B149

secondary

#9597C6

accent

#5BD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B149

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

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