#B6B538#B6B538

#B6B538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.143 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B538
RGB	rgb(182, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -14.68, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 62.29, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0463 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.143 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5304, 43.2795, 10.1701)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B538 #3839B6

analogous

#B67638 #B6B538 #78B638

triadic

#B6B538 #38B6B5 #B538B6

tetradic

#B6B538 #38B676 #3839B6 #B63878

square

#B6B538 #38B676 #3839B6 #B63878

split-complementary

#B6B538 #3878B6 #7638B6

monochromatic

#58581B #87862A #B6B538 #CDCD5E #DCDB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B6B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#B6B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B538

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B538	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.143 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca76',
    500: '#b6b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b538;
$custom-light: #cfca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.524,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75137,
    "c": 0.14264,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B538

secondary

#8484C6

accent

#4DDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B538

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

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