#B6B42C#B6B42C

#B6B42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.149 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B42C
RGB	rgb(182, 180, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 75.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -14.73, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 66.08, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0476 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.149 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0687, 42.7706, 8.7380)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B42C #2C2EB6

analogous

#B66F2C #B6B42C #73B62C

triadic

#B6B42C #2CB6B4 #B42CB6

tetradic

#B6B42C #2CB66F #2C2EB6 #B62C73

square

#B6B42C #2CB66F #2C2EB6 #B62C73

split-complementary

#B6B42C #2C73B6 #6F2CB6

monochromatic

#535314 #858320 #B6B42C #D4D24C #E0DE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B6B42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B6B42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B42C

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B42C	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)

#C3AC09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 180, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.149 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca70',
    500: '#b6b42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b42c;
$custom-light: #d0ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74839,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B42C

secondary

#7677C8

accent

#46E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B42C

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

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