#B6B296#B6B296

#B6B296 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.039 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B296
RGB	rgb(182, 178, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 17.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -3.34, 14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 15.22, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0071 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.039 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7165, 43.9884, 35.1939)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B296 #969AB6

analogous

#B6A296 #B6B296 #AAB696

triadic

#B6B296 #96B6B2 #B296B6

tetradic

#B6B296 #96B6A2 #969AB6 #B696AA

square

#B6B296 #96B6A2 #969AB6 #B696AA

split-complementary

#B6B296 #96AAB6 #A296B6

monochromatic

#7C7756 #9D9872 #B6B296 #CFCCBA #E8E7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B6B296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#B6B296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B296

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B296	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 178, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.039 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc9b5',
    500: '#b6b296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b296;
$custom-light: #ccc9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 17.978,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75935,
    "c": 0.03887,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B296

secondary

#CED0D9

accent

#549C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B296

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

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