#B8B29A#B8B29A

#B8B29A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.034 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B29A
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 154)
HSL	hsl(48, 17%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 16%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 16.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -1.96, 13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 13.19, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0032 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.034 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5199, 44.3648, 36.9416)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B29A #9AA0B8

analogous

#B8A39A #B8B29A #AFB89A

triadic

#B8B29A #9AB8B2 #B29AB8

tetradic

#B8B29A #9AB8A3 #9AA0B8 #B89AAF

square

#B8B29A #9AB8A3 #9AA0B8 #B89AAF

split-complementary

#B8B29A #9AAFB8 #A39AB8

monochromatic

#7F7759 #9F9776 #B8B29A #D1CDBE #EBE9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8B29A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#B8B29A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B29A

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B29A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B29A	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b29a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.034 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc9b7',
    500: '#b8b29a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b29a;
$custom-light: #cdc9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b29a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 17.442,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76201,
    "c": 0.03388,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B29A

secondary

#D2D4DC

accent

#5A9C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B29A

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

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