#B6BE42#B6BE42

#B6BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.145 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6BE42
RGB	rgb(182, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -18.65, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 62.08, 107.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0564 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.145 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6893, 47.1662, 12.2191)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6BE42 #4A42BE

analogous

#BE8842 #B6BE42 #78BE42

triadic

#B6BE42 #42B6BE #BE42B6

tetradic

#B6BE42 #42BE88 #4A42BE #BE4278

square

#B6BE42 #42BE88 #4A42BE #BE4278

split-complementary

#B6BE42 #4278BE #8842BE

monochromatic

#5F6322 #8B9132 #B6BE42 #C8CE70 #D9DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B6BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#B6BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6BE42

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6BE42	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.145 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd17d',
    500: '#b6be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6be42;
$custom-light: #cfd17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77199,
    "c": 0.14516,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6BE42

secondary

#9692CA

accent

#4FD858

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6BE42

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

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