#B6B837#B6B837

#B6B837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.146 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B837
RGB	rgb(182, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -16.25, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 63.82, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0508 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.146 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1227, 44.5029, 10.2481)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B837 #3937B8

analogous

#B87A37 #B6B837 #76B837

triadic

#B6B837 #37B6B8 #B837B6

tetradic

#B6B837 #37B87A #3937B8 #B83776

square

#B6B837 #37B87A #3937B8 #B83776

split-complementary

#B6B837 #3776B8 #7A37B8

monochromatic

#595A1B #878929 #B6B837 #CDCF5D #DCDD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B6B837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#B6B837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B837

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B837	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.146 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcd76',
    500: '#b6b837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b837;
$custom-light: #cfcd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.93,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75789,
    "c": 0.14634,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B837

secondary

#8584C7

accent

#4ADD4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B837

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

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