#B8B079#B8B079

#B8B079 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.074 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B079
RGB	rgb(184, 176, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 31%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 34%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 34.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -5.55, 29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 29.77, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.014 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.074 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7442, 42.6224, 24.2715)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B079 #7981B8

analogous

#B89179 #B8B079 #A1B879

triadic

#B8B079 #79B8B0 #B079B8

tetradic

#B8B079 #79B891 #7981B8 #B879A1

square

#B8B079 #79B891 #7981B8 #B879A1

split-complementary

#B8B079 #79A1B8 #9179B8

monochromatic

#77703F #9F9654 #B8B079 #CDC8A1 #E2DFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B8B079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#B8B079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B079

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B079	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAD75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB07B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 176, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.074 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec7a0',
    500: '#b8b079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b079;
$custom-light: #cec7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 30.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75063,
    "c": 0.07392,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B079

secondary

#BABDD3

accent

#6EC761

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B079

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

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