#B2B596#B2B596

#B2B596 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.043 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B596
RGB	rgb(178, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(66, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -6.44, 15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 16.76, 112.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.016 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.043 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3885, 44.7150, 35.3514)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B596 #9996B5

analogous

#B5A896 #B2B596 #A3B596

triadic

#B2B596 #96B2B5 #B596B2

tetradic

#B2B596 #96B5A8 #9996B5 #B596A3

square

#B2B596 #96B5A8 #9996B5 #B596A3

split-complementary

#B2B596 #96A3B5 #A896B5

monochromatic

#777A56 #989C72 #B2B596 #CCCEBA #E7E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B2B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#B2B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B596

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B596	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.043 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cbb5',
    500: '#b2b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b596;
$custom-light: #c9cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.806,
    "s": 17.318,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76238,
    "c": 0.04286,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B596

secondary

#CFCED9

accent

#4A9C52

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B596

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

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