#B6B438#B6B438

#B6B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.142 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B438
RGB	rgb(182, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 69.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -14.17, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 61.91, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0449 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.142 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3278, 42.8743, 10.1026)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B438 #383AB6

analogous

#B67538 #B6B438 #79B638

triadic

#B6B438 #38B6B4 #B438B6

tetradic

#B6B438 #38B675 #383AB6 #B63879

square

#B6B438 #38B675 #383AB6 #B63879

split-complementary

#B6B438 #3879B6 #7538B6

monochromatic

#58571B #87862A #B6B438 #CDCC5E #DCDB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B6B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#B6B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B438

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B438	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.142 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca76',
    500: '#b6b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b438;
$custom-light: #cfca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74918,
    "c": 0.14163,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B438

secondary

#8485C6

accent

#4EDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B438

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

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