#B8B385#B8B385

#B8B385 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.062 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B385
RGB	rgb(184, 179, 133)
HSL	hsl(54, 26%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 28%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 27.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -5.58, 24.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 24.83, 102.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0136 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.062 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1211, 44.1248, 28.5892)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B385 #858AB8

analogous

#B89A85 #B8B385 #A4B885

triadic

#B8B385 #85B8B3 #B385B8

tetradic

#B8B385 #85B89A #858AB8 #B885A4

square

#B8B385 #85B89A #858AB8 #B885A4

split-complementary

#B8B385 #85A4B8 #9A85B8

monochromatic

#7B7648 #A19B5E #B8B385 #CFCBAC #E5E3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B8B385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#B8B385 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B385

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B385	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 179, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.062 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9a8',
    500: '#b8b385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b385;
$custom-light: #cec9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 26.425,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75935,
    "c": 0.06239,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B385

secondary

#C3C5D6

accent

#4AA541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#13130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B385

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

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