#B6B151#B6B151

#B6B151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.119 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B151
RGB	rgb(182, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 55.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -10.97, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 50.11, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0331 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.119 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4998, 41.9845, 13.9641)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B151 #5156B6

analogous

#B67F51 #B6B151 #89B651

triadic

#B6B151 #51B6B1 #B151B6

tetradic

#B6B151 #51B67F #5156B6 #B65189

square

#B6B151 #51B67F #5156B6 #B65189

split-complementary

#B6B151 #5189B6 #7F51B6

monochromatic

#63602A #8E8A3C #B6B151 #C8C47C #DAD8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B6B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B6B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B151

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B151	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.119 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec885',
    500: '#b6b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b151;
$custom-light: #cec885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.03,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.745,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B151

secondary

#9B9DC8

accent

#5DD157

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B151

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

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