#B6B338#B6B338

#B6B338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.141 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B338
RGB	rgb(182, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 69.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -13.65, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 61.53, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0434 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.141 108)
XYZ	xyz(36.1266, 42.4720, 10.0355)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B338 #383BB6

analogous

#B67438 #B6B338 #7AB638

triadic

#B6B338 #38B6B3 #B338B6

tetradic

#B6B338 #38B674 #383BB6 #B6387A

square

#B6B338 #38B674 #383BB6 #B6387A

split-complementary

#B6B338 #387AB6 #7438B6

monochromatic

#58571B #87852A #B6B338 #CDCB5E #DCDA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B6B338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#B6B338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B338

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B338	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.141 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc976',
    500: '#b6b338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b338;
$custom-light: #cfc976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74699,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.42471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B338

secondary

#8485C6

accent

#4FDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B338

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

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