#B6B397#B6B397

#B6B397 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.039 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B397
RGB	rgb(182, 179, 151)
HSL	hsl(54, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 17%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -3.72, 14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 15.17, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0082 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.039 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9970, 44.4201, 35.6864)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B397 #979AB6

analogous

#B6A397 #B6B397 #A9B697

triadic

#B6B397 #97B6B3 #B397B6

tetradic

#B6B397 #97B6A3 #979AB6 #B697A9

square

#B6B397 #97B6A3 #979AB6 #B697A9

split-complementary

#B6B397 #97A9B6 #A397B6

monochromatic

#7C7857 #9D9973 #B6B397 #CFCDBB #E8E8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B6B397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#B6B397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B397

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B397	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 179, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.039 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc9b5',
    500: '#b6b397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b397;
$custom-light: #ccc9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 17.514,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76169,
    "c": 0.03874,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B397

secondary

#CFD0DA

accent

#529C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B397

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

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