#B6B238#B6B238

#B6B238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.140 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B238
RGB	rgb(182, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 69.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -13.14, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 61.15, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.042 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.14 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9269, 42.0726, 9.9689)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B238 #383CB6

analogous

#B67338 #B6B238 #7BB638

triadic

#B6B238 #38B6B2 #B238B6

tetradic

#B6B238 #38B673 #383CB6 #B6387B

square

#B6B238 #38B673 #383CB6 #B6387B

split-complementary

#B6B238 #387BB6 #7338B6

monochromatic

#58561B #87842A #B6B238 #CDCA5E #DCD98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B6B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#B6B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B238

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B238	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.140 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc876',
    500: '#b6b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b238;
$custom-light: #cfc876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7448,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B238

secondary

#8486C6

accent

#50DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B238

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

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