#B8B277#B8B277

#B8B277 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.079 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B277
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 119)
HSL	hsl(54, 31%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 35%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 35.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -6.85, 30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 31.72, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0179 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.079 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0178, 43.3640, 23.7639)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B277 #777DB8

analogous

#B89277 #B8B277 #9EB877

triadic

#B8B277 #77B8B2 #B277B8

tetradic

#B8B277 #77B892 #777DB8 #B8779E

square

#B8B277 #77B892 #777DB8 #B8779E

split-complementary

#B8B277 #779EB8 #9277B8

monochromatic

#77713E #9F9853 #B8B277 #CDC99F #E2E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8B277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#B8B277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B277

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B277	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAE73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.079 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec89f',
    500: '#b8b277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b277;
$custom-light: #cec89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 31.401,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75451,
    "c": 0.07858,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B277

secondary

#B9BBD2

accent

#6AC860

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B277

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

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