#B6A855#B6A855

#B6A855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A855
RGB	rgb(182, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 53.3%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -5.92, 44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 44.59, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0182 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.106 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9349, 38.6075, 14.2044)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A855 #5563B6

analogous

#B67755 #B6A855 #94B655

triadic

#B6A855 #55B6A8 #A855B6

tetradic

#B6A855 #55B677 #5563B6 #B65594

square

#B6A855 #55B677 #5563B6 #B65594

split-complementary

#B6A855 #5594B6 #7755B6

monochromatic

#655D2B #90843E #B6A855 #C8BE80 #DBD4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B6A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B6A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A855

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A855	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec187',
    500: '#b6a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a855;
$custom-light: #cec187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.34,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72613,
    "c": 0.10567,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A855

secondary

#9EA4C9

accent

#69D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A855

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

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