#B6B596#B6B596

#B6B596 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.043 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B596
RGB	rgb(182, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 17.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -4.94, 15.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 16.71, 107.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0116 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.043 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3199, 45.1953, 35.3951)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B596 #9697B6

analogous

#B6A596 #B6B596 #A7B696

triadic

#B6B596 #96B6B5 #B596B6

tetradic

#B6B596 #96B6A5 #9697B6 #B696A7

square

#B6B596 #96B6A5 #9697B6 #B696A7

split-complementary

#B6B596 #96A7B6 #A596B6

monochromatic

#7C7A56 #9D9C72 #B6B596 #CFCEBA #E8E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B6B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#B6B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B596

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B596	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.043 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccbb5',
    500: '#b6b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b596;
$custom-light: #cccbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 17.978,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76566,
    "c": 0.04262,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B596

secondary

#CECFD9

accent

#4C9C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B596

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

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