#B6A151#B6A151

#B6A151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.103 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A151
RGB	rgb(182, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 55.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -2.52, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 43.98, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0088 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.103 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5227, 36.0304, 12.9718)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A151 #5166B6

analogous

#B66F51 #B6A151 #99B651

triadic

#B6A151 #51B6A1 #A151B6

tetradic

#B6A151 #51B66F #5166B6 #B65199

square

#B6A151 #51B66F #5166B6 #B65199

split-complementary

#B6A151 #5199B6 #6F51B6

monochromatic

#63572A #8E7D3C #B6A151 #C8B87C #DAD0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B6A151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B6A151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A151

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A151	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.103 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebc84',
    500: '#b6a151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a151;
$custom-light: #cebc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.525,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71076,
    "c": 0.10344,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A151

secondary

#9BA4C8

accent

#70D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A151

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

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