#B6B431#B6B431

#B6B431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.146 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B431
RGB	rgb(182, 180, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 73.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -14.51, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 64.43, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0465 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.146 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1684, 42.8105, 9.2632)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B431 #3133B6

analogous

#B67231 #B6B431 #75B631

triadic

#B6B431 #31B6B4 #B431B6

tetradic

#B6B431 #31B672 #3133B6 #B63175

square

#B6B431 #31B672 #3133B6 #B63175

split-complementary

#B6B431 #3175B6 #7231B6

monochromatic

#565517 #868424 #B6B431 #D1CF53 #DEDC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B6B431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B6B431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B431

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B431	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)

#C3AD17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 180, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.146 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca73',
    500: '#b6b431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b431;
$custom-light: #cfca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74869,
    "c": 0.146,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B431

secondary

#7C7DC7

accent

#49E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B431

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

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