#B8B29C#B8B29C

#B8B29C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.031 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B29C
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 156)
HSL	hsl(47, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 15.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -1.64, 12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 12.13, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0024 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.031 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6879, 44.4320, 37.8262)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B29C #9CA2B8

analogous

#B8A49C #B8B29C #B0B89C

triadic

#B8B29C #9CB8B2 #B29CB8

tetradic

#B8B29C #9CB8A4 #9CA2B8 #B89CB0

square

#B8B29C #9CB8A4 #9CA2B8 #B89CB0

split-complementary

#B8B29C #9CB0B8 #A49CB8

monochromatic

#7F775B #9E9678 #B8B29C #D2CEC0 #EBE9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B8B29C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#B8B29C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B29C

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B29C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B29C	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b29c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.031 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc9b9',
    500: '#b8b29c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b29c;
$custom-light: #cdc9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b29c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76251,
    "c": 0.03122,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B29C

secondary

#D3D5DC

accent

#5C9B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B29C

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

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