#B6B230#B6B230

#B6B230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.145 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B230
RGB	rgb(182, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 73.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -13.53, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 64.04, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0439 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.145 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7467, 42.0005, 9.0196)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B230 #3034B6

analogous

#B66F30 #B6B230 #77B630

triadic

#B6B230 #30B6B2 #B230B6

tetradic

#B6B230 #30B66F #3034B6 #B63077

square

#B6B230 #30B66F #3034B6 #B63077

split-complementary

#B6B230 #3077B6 #6F30B6

monochromatic

#555316 #868323 #B6B230 #D1CE52 #DEDB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B6B230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B6B230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B230

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B230	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.145 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c872',
    500: '#b6b230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b230;
$custom-light: #d0c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74425,
    "c": 0.14465,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B230

secondary

#7B7DC7

accent

#4BE146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B230

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

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