#B6B42F#B6B42F

#B6B42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.147 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B42F
RGB	rgb(182, 180, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 74.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -14.60, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 65.10, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0469 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.147 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1271, 42.7940, 9.0458)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B42F #2F31B6

analogous

#B6702F #B6B42F #75B62F

triadic

#B6B42F #2FB6B4 #B42FB6

tetradic

#B6B42F #2FB670 #2F31B6 #B62F75

square

#B6B42F #2FB670 #2F31B6 #B62F75

split-complementary

#B6B42F #2F75B6 #702FB6

monochromatic

#555416 #858422 #B6B42F #D2D050 #DEDD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B6B42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B6B42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B42F

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B42F	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)

#C3AD12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 180, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.147 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca72',
    500: '#b6b42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b42f;
$custom-light: #d0ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74857,
    "c": 0.14715,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B42F

secondary

#797BC7

accent

#48E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B42F

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

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