#B8B496#B8B496

#B8B496 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.041 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B496
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -3.65, 15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 16.26, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0079 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.041 101)
XYZ	xyz(41.5931, 45.0354, 35.3498)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B496 #969AB8

analogous

#B8A396 #B8B496 #ABB896

triadic

#B8B496 #96B8B4 #B496B8

tetradic

#B8B496 #96B8A3 #969AB8 #B896AB

square

#B8B496 #96B8A3 #969AB8 #B896AB

split-complementary

#B8B496 #96ABB8 #A396B8

monochromatic

#7E7955 #9F9A71 #B8B496 #D1CEBB #E9E8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B8B496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#B8B496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B496

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B496	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.041 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcab5',
    500: '#b8b496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b496;
$custom-light: #cdcab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 19.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76522,
    "c": 0.04147,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.45035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B496

secondary

#CFD1DB

accent

#529E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B496

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

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