#B6B43E#B6B43E

#B6B43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.137 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B43E
RGB	rgb(182, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 65.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -13.83, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 59.58, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0433 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.137 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4834, 42.9365, 10.9223)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B43E #3E40B6

analogous

#B6783E #B6B43E #7CB63E

triadic

#B6B43E #3EB6B4 #B43EB6

tetradic

#B6B43E #3EB678 #3E40B6 #B63E7C

square

#B6B43E #3EB678 #3E40B6 #B63E7C

split-complementary

#B6B43E #3E7CB6 #783EB6

monochromatic

#5B5A1F #88872E #B6B43E #CBC966 #DBD994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B6B43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B6B43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B43E

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B43E	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.137 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca7a',
    500: '#b6b43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b43e;
$custom-light: #cfca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74965,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B43E

secondary

#8A8BC6

accent

#51D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B43E

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

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