#B6B359#B6B359

#B6B359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.113 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B359
RGB	rgb(182, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 51.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -11.33, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 47.20, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0332 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.113 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2156, 42.9076, 15.7708)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B359 #595CB6

analogous

#B68559 #B6B359 #8AB659

triadic

#B6B359 #59B6B3 #B359B6

tetradic

#B6B359 #59B685 #595CB6 #B6598A

square

#B6B359 #59B685 #595CB6 #B6598A

split-complementary

#B6B359 #598AB6 #8559B6

monochromatic

#67652D #928F40 #B6B359 #C9C684 #DBDAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B6B359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#B6B359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B359

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B359	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.113 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec98a',
    500: '#b6b359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b359;
$custom-light: #cec98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75031,
    "c": 0.11301,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B359

secondary

#A1A3C9

accent

#5DCF59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B359

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

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