#B8B388#B8B388

#B8B388 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.059 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B388
RGB	rgb(184, 179, 136)
HSL	hsl(54, 25%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 26%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 26.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -5.17, 22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 23.24, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0123 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.059 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3313, 44.2088, 29.6963)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B388 #888DB8

analogous

#B89B88 #B8B388 #A5B888

triadic

#B8B388 #88B8B3 #B388B8

tetradic

#B8B388 #88B89B #888DB8 #B888A5

square

#B8B388 #88B89B #888DB8 #B888A5

split-complementary

#B8B388 #88A5B8 #9B88B8

monochromatic

#7C774A #A19B62 #B8B388 #CFCBAE #E6E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8B388 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#B8B388 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B388

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B388	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B388	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b388;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 179, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.059 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9ab',
    500: '#b8b388',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b388;
$custom-light: #cec9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b388",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 25.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75998,
    "c": 0.05857,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B388

secondary

#C5C7D7

accent

#4CA442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B388

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

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