#B6B498#B6B498

#B6B498 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.039 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B498
RGB	rgb(182, 180, 152)
HSL	hsl(56, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 16.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -4.09, 14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 15.13, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0093 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.039 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2797, 44.8550, 36.1829)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B498 #989AB6

analogous

#B6A598 #B6B498 #A9B698

triadic

#B6B498 #98B6B4 #B498B6

tetradic

#B6B498 #98B6A5 #989AB6 #B698A9

square

#B6B498 #98B6A5 #989AB6 #B698A9

split-complementary

#B6B498 #98A9B6 #A598B6

monochromatic

#7C7958 #9D9A74 #B6B498 #CFCEBC #E9E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B6B498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#B6B498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B498

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B498	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 180, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.039 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccab6',
    500: '#b6b498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b498;
$custom-light: #cccab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 17.045,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76403,
    "c": 0.03865,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B498

secondary

#D0D1DA

accent

#509B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B498

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

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