#B6B42E#B6B42E

#B6B42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.148 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B42E
RGB	rgb(182, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 74.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -14.64, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 65.44, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0471 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.148 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1072, 42.7860, 8.9408)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B42E #2E30B6

analogous

#B6702E #B6B42E #74B62E

triadic

#B6B42E #2EB6B4 #B42EB6

tetradic

#B6B42E #2EB670 #2E30B6 #B62E74

square

#B6B42E #2EB670 #2E30B6 #B62E74

split-complementary

#B6B42E #2E74B6 #702EB6

monochromatic

#545315 #858422 #B6B42E #D2D14F #DFDD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B6B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B6B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B42E

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B42E	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)

#C3AC0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.148 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca71',
    500: '#b6b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b42e;
$custom-light: #d0ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74851,
    "c": 0.14771,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B42E

secondary

#7879C8

accent

#47E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B42E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →