#B6B42D#B6B42D

#B6B42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.148 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B42D
RGB	rgb(182, 180, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 75.3%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -14.69, 64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 65.76, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0474 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.148 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0877, 42.7782, 8.8382)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B42D #2D2FB6

analogous

#B6702D #B6B42D #74B62D

triadic

#B6B42D #2DB6B4 #B42DB6

tetradic

#B6B42D #2DB670 #2D2FB6 #B62D74

square

#B6B42D #2DB670 #2D2FB6 #B62D74

split-complementary

#B6B42D #2D74B6 #702DB6

monochromatic

#545315 #858321 #B6B42D #D3D14D #DFDE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B6B42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B6B42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B42D

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B42D	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 180, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.148 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca71',
    500: '#b6b42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b42d;
$custom-light: #d0ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74845,
    "c": 0.14825,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B42D

secondary

#7778C8

accent

#47E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B42D

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

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