#B6B537#B6B537

#B6B537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.143 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B537
RGB	rgb(182, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -14.73, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 62.66, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0465 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.143 109)
XYZ	xyz(36.5062, 43.2698, 10.0426)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B537 #3738B6

analogous

#B67637 #B6B537 #78B637

triadic

#B6B537 #37B6B5 #B537B6

tetradic

#B6B537 #37B676 #3738B6 #B63778

square

#B6B537 #37B676 #3738B6 #B63778

split-complementary

#B6B537 #3778B6 #7637B6

monochromatic

#58581B #878629 #B6B537 #CECD5C #DCDB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B6B537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#B6B537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B537

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B537	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.143 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca76',
    500: '#b6b537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b537;
$custom-light: #cfca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7513,
    "c": 0.14329,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.43269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B537

secondary

#8283C6

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B537

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

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