#B8B280#B8B280

#B8B280 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.068 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B280
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 128)
HSL	hsl(54, 28%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 30%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 30.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -5.72, 26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 27.00, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0141 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.068 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5841, 43.5905, 26.7465)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B280 #8086B8

analogous

#B89680 #B8B280 #A2B880

triadic

#B8B280 #80B8B2 #B280B8

tetradic

#B8B280 #80B896 #8086B8 #B880A2

square

#B8B280 #80B896 #8086B8 #B880A2

split-complementary

#B8B280 #80A2B8 #9680B8

monochromatic

#7A7444 #A1995A #B8B280 #CECAA7 #E4E2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B8B280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#B8B280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B280

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B280	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAF7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0ABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.068 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec8a5',
    500: '#b8b280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b280;
$custom-light: #cec8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 28.283,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75622,
    "c": 0.06753,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B280

secondary

#BFC2D4

accent

#4AA73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#13130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B280

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

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