#B0AA8A#B0AA8A

#B0AA8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.045 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AA8A
RGB	rgb(176, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(51, 19%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 22%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 21.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -3.19, 17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 17.60, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0066 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.045 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8666, 39.8151, 29.7828)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AA8A #8A90B0

analogous

#B0978A #B0AA8A #A3B08A

triadic

#B0AA8A #8AB0AA #AA8AB0

tetradic

#B0AA8A #8AB097 #8A90B0 #B08AA3

square

#B0AA8A #8AB097 #8A90B0 #B08AA3

split-complementary

#B0AA8A #8AA3B0 #978AB0

monochromatic

#726D4D #978F66 #B0AA8A #C9C5AF #E1DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B0AA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B0AA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AA8A

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AA8A	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0aa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.045 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c3ac',
    500: '#b0aa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0aa8a;
$custom-light: #c8c3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0aa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 19.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73456,
    "c": 0.04474,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AA8A

secondary

#C4C6D2

accent

#559E48

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AA8A

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

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