#B6B451#B6B451

#B6B451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.122 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B451
RGB	rgb(182, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 55.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -12.52, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 51.38, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0375 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.122 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0989, 43.1827, 14.1638)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B451 #5153B6

analogous

#B68251 #B6B451 #86B651

triadic

#B6B451 #51B6B4 #B451B6

tetradic

#B6B451 #51B682 #5153B6 #B65186

square

#B6B451 #51B682 #5153B6 #B65186

split-complementary

#B6B451 #5186B6 #8251B6

monochromatic

#63622A #8E8D3C #B6B451 #C8C77C #DAD9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B6B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#B6B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B451

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B451	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.122 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca85',
    500: '#b6b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b451;
$custom-light: #ceca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.812,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75152,
    "c": 0.12177,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B451

secondary

#9B9CC8

accent

#59D157

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B451

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

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