#B6AA53#B6AA53

#B6AA53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.110 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AA53
RGB	rgb(182, 170, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 54.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -7.14, 45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 46.33, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0219 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.11 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2286, 39.3203, 13.9158)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AA53 #535FB6

analogous

#B67953 #B6AA53 #91B653

triadic

#B6AA53 #53B6AA #AA53B6

tetradic

#B6AA53 #53B679 #535FB6 #B65391

square

#B6AA53 #53B679 #535FB6 #B65391

split-complementary

#B6AA53 #5391B6 #7953B6

monochromatic

#645D2A #8F853D #B6AA53 #C8BF7E #DAD4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B6AA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B6AA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AA53

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AA53	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6aa53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 170, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.110 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec386',
    500: '#b6aa53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6aa53;
$custom-light: #cec386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6aa53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73015,
    "c": 0.10956,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AA53

secondary

#9DA2C8

accent

#66D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AA53

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

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