#B8B49A#B8B49A

#B8B49A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.036 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B49A
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 154)
HSL	hsl(52, 17%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 16%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 16.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -3.03, 13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 14.12, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0063 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.036 100)
XYZ	xyz(41.9208, 45.1665, 37.0752)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B49A #9A9EB8

analogous

#B8A59A #B8B49A #ADB89A

triadic

#B8B49A #9AB8B4 #B49AB8

tetradic

#B8B49A #9AB8A5 #9A9EB8 #B89AAD

square

#B8B49A #9AB8A5 #9A9EB8 #B89AAD

split-complementary

#B8B49A #9AADB8 #A59AB8

monochromatic

#7F7A59 #9F9976 #B8B49A #D1CFBE #EBE9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B8B49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#B8B49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B49A

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B49A	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.036 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcab7',
    500: '#b8b49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b49a;
$custom-light: #cdcab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 17.442,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76619,
    "c": 0.03613,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.45166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B49A

secondary

#D2D3DC

accent

#559C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B49A

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

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