#B6B229#B6B229

#B6B229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.148 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B229
RGB	rgb(182, 178, 41)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 77.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -13.82, 64.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 66.31, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0453 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.148 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6135, 41.9472, 8.3180)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B229 #292DB6

analogous

#B66B29 #B6B229 #73B629

triadic

#B6B229 #29B6B2 #B229B6

tetradic

#B6B229 #29B66B #292DB6 #B62973

square

#B6B229 #29B66B #292DB6 #B62973

split-complementary

#B6B229 #2973B6 #6B29B6

monochromatic

#525012 #84811E #B6B229 #D5D147 #E1DE79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B6B229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#B6B229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B229

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B229	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 178, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.148 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c86f',
    500: '#b6b229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b229;
$custom-light: #d0c86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.298,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74384,
    "c": 0.14842,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B229

secondary

#7275C9

accent

#46E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B229

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

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