#B6AF16

A medium, vivid yellow closely aligning with Goldenrod.

About #B6AF16

When working with digital screens, the color #B6AF16 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Goldenrod. Its digital footprint relies on 182 parts red, 175 parts green, and 22 parts blue light.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 4% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 57.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the yellow spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#B6AF16
RGB182, 175, 22
HSL57.4°, 78.4%, 40.0%
CMYK0%, 4%, 88%, 29%
HSV57.4°, 87.9%, 71.4%
LAB69.9, -12.8, 68.9
XYZ34.8, 40.7, 6.8
Decimal11972374

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.30:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
9.13:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.20:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
7.76:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #B6AF16; }
.text-color { color: #B6AF16; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #B6AF16; }

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