#B8B2A0#B8B2A0

#B8B2A0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.026 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B2A0
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 160)
HSL	hsl(45, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 13%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 13%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -0.99, 9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 10.01, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0007 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.026 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0322, 44.5697, 39.6394)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B2A0 #A0A6B8

analogous

#B8A6A0 #B8B2A0 #B2B8A0

triadic

#B8B2A0 #A0B8B2 #B2A0B8

tetradic

#B8B2A0 #A0B8A6 #A0A6B8 #B8A0B2

square

#B8B2A0 #A0B8A6 #A0A6B8 #B8A0B2

split-complementary

#B8B2A0 #A0B2B8 #A6A0B8

monochromatic

#7F775F #9E967D #B8B2A0 #D2CEC3 #ECEBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B8B2A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#B8B2A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B2A0

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B2A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B2A0	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b2a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.026 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc9bc',
    500: '#b8b2a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b2a0;
$custom-light: #cdc9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b2a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 14.458,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76353,
    "c": 0.02593,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B2A0

secondary

#D6D8DE

accent

#60994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B2A0

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

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