#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
RGBrgb(182, 179, 89)
HSLhsl(58, 39%, 53%)
HSVhsv(58, 51%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.6%, 51.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LABlab(71.49, -11.33, 45.82)
CIE-LCHlch(71.49, 47.20, 103.89°)
OKLaboklab(75.03% -0.0332 0.108)
OKLCHoklch(75.03% 0.113 107.1)
XYZxyz(37.2156, 42.9076, 15.7708)
Luminance0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B6B3591.002.199.589.58
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5821.001.001.00
##0000009.5821.001.001.00

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

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#B6B359 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva