#B6A549#B6A549

#B6A549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A549
RGB	rgb(182, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 59.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -5.28, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 49.16, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0177 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.114 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9505, 37.3378, 11.7206)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A549 #495AB6

analogous

#B66E49 #B6A549 #91B649

triadic

#B6A549 #49B6A5 #A549B6

tetradic

#B6A549 #49B66E #495AB6 #B64991

square

#B6A549 #49B66E #495AB6 #B64991

split-complementary

#B6A549 #4991B6 #6E49B6

monochromatic

#5F5626 #8A7D37 #B6A549 #C8BB75 #D9D0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B6A549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B6A549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A549

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A549	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf7f',
    500: '#b6a549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a549;
$custom-light: #cfbf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.642,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71829,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A549

secondary

#959DC6

accent

#69D355

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A549

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

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