#B6B738#B6B738

#B6B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.145 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B738
RGB	rgb(182, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -15.69, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 63.07, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0491 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.145 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9400, 44.0986, 10.3066)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B738 #3938B7

analogous

#B77838 #B6B738 #77B738

triadic

#B6B738 #38B6B7 #B738B6

tetradic

#B6B738 #38B778 #3938B7 #B73877

square

#B6B738 #38B778 #3938B7 #B73877

split-complementary

#B6B738 #3877B7 #7838B7

monochromatic

#59591B #87882A #B6B738 #CDCE5E #DCDC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B6B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#B6B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B738

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B738	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.145 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcc77',
    500: '#b6b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b738;
$custom-light: #cfcc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.472,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75576,
    "c": 0.14467,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B738

secondary

#8584C7

accent

#4BDD4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B738

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

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