#B7B596#B7B596

#B7B596 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.043 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7B596
RGB	rgb(183, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 18%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -4.56, 16.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 16.72, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0105 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.043 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5570, 45.3175, 35.4062)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7B596 #9698B7

analogous

#B7A496 #B7B596 #A8B796

triadic

#B7B596 #96B7B5 #B596B7

tetradic

#B7B596 #96B7A4 #9698B7 #B796A8

square

#B7B596 #96B7A4 #9698B7 #B796A8

split-complementary

#B7B596 #96A8B7 #A496B7

monochromatic

#7D7B56 #9E9B72 #B7B596 #D0CFBA #E9E8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B7B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#B7B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7B596

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7B596	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.043 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccbb5',
    500: '#b7b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7b596;
$custom-light: #cccbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 18.644,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76649,
    "c": 0.04263,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7B596

secondary

#CFD0DA

accent

#4E9D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7B596

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

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