#B6BE38#B6BE38

#B6BE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.152 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6BE38
RGB	rgb(182, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -19.22, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 65.85, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.059 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.152 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4198, 47.0584, 10.7999)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6BE38 #4038BE

analogous

#BE8338 #B6BE38 #73BE38

triadic

#B6BE38 #38B6BE #BE38B6

tetradic

#B6BE38 #38BE83 #4038BE #BE3873

square

#B6BE38 #38BE83 #4038BE #BE3873

split-complementary

#B6BE38 #3873BE #8338BE

monochromatic

#5B5F1C #898F2A #B6BE38 #CAD162 #DADF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B6BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#B6BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6BE38

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6BE38	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.152 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd177',
    500: '#b6be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6be38;
$custom-light: #cfd177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.582,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77122,
    "c": 0.15198,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6BE38

secondary

#8C88CA

accent

#4ADE53

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6BE38

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

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