#B6B331#B6B331

#B6B331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.145 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B331
RGB	rgb(182, 179, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 73.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -14.00, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 64.06, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0451 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.145 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9672, 42.4082, 9.1961)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B331 #3134B6

analogous

#B67131 #B6B331 #76B631

triadic

#B6B331 #31B6B3 #B331B6

tetradic

#B6B331 #31B671 #3134B6 #B63176

square

#B6B331 #31B671 #3134B6 #B63176

split-complementary

#B6B331 #3176B6 #7131B6

monochromatic

#565417 #868424 #B6B331 #D1CE53 #DEDC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B6B331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#B6B331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B331

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B331	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 179, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.145 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc973',
    500: '#b6b331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b331;
$custom-light: #cfc973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7465,
    "c": 0.14502,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B331

secondary

#7C7DC7

accent

#4AE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B331

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

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