#B6B231#B6B231

#B6B231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.144 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B231
RGB	rgb(182, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 73.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -13.49, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 63.69, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0436 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.144 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7676, 42.0088, 9.1296)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B231 #3135B6

analogous

#B66F31 #B6B231 #78B631

triadic

#B6B231 #31B6B2 #B231B6

tetradic

#B6B231 #31B66F #3135B6 #B63178

square

#B6B231 #31B66F #3135B6 #B63178

split-complementary

#B6B231 #3178B6 #6F31B6

monochromatic

#565417 #868324 #B6B231 #D1CD53 #DEDB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B6B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B6B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B231

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B231	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)

#C1AB18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.144 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc873',
    500: '#b6b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b231;
$custom-light: #cfc873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74431,
    "c": 0.14406,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B231

secondary

#7C7EC7

accent

#4CE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B231

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

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