#B6B399#B6B399

#B6B399 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.036 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B399
RGB	rgb(182, 179, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 17%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 15.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -3.40, 13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 14.10, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0074 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.036 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1608, 44.4856, 36.5490)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B399 #999CB6

analogous

#B6A499 #B6B399 #AAB699

triadic

#B6B399 #99B6B3 #B399B6

tetradic

#B6B399 #99B6A4 #999CB6 #B699AA

square

#B6B399 #99B6A4 #999CB6 #B699AA

split-complementary

#B6B399 #99AAB6 #A499B6

monochromatic

#7C7859 #9C9875 #B6B399 #D0CEBD #E9E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B6B399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#B6B399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B399

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B399	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 179, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.036 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc9b7',
    500: '#b6b399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b399;
$custom-light: #ccc9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 16.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76217,
    "c": 0.03606,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B399

secondary

#D1D2DA

accent

#539B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B399

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

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