#B6B429#B6B429

#B6B429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.150 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B429
RGB	rgb(182, 180, 41)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 77.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -14.84, 65.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 67.01, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0481 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.15 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0143, 42.7489, 8.4517)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B429 #292BB6

analogous

#B66D29 #B6B429 #71B629

triadic

#B6B429 #29B6B4 #B429B6

tetradic

#B6B429 #29B66D #292BB6 #B62971

square

#B6B429 #29B66D #292BB6 #B62971

split-complementary

#B6B429 #2971B6 #6D29B6

monochromatic

#525112 #84831E #B6B429 #D5D347 #E1DF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B6B429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B6B429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B429

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B429	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 180, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.150 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca6f',
    500: '#b6b429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b429;
$custom-light: #d0ca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74822,
    "c": 0.15032,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B429

secondary

#7273C9

accent

#44E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B429

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

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