#B8B49C#B8B49C

#B8B49C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.033 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B49C
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 156)
HSL	hsl(51, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 15.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -2.71, 12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 13.05, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0054 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.033 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0887, 45.2336, 37.9598)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B49C #9CA0B8

analogous

#B8A69C #B8B49C #AEB89C

triadic

#B8B49C #9CB8B4 #B49CB8

tetradic

#B8B49C #9CB8A6 #9CA0B8 #B89CAE

square

#B8B49C #9CB8A6 #9CA0B8 #B89CAE

split-complementary

#B8B49C #9CAEB8 #A69CB8

monochromatic

#7F7A5B #9E9978 #B8B49C #D2CFC0 #EBEAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B8B49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#B8B49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B49C

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B49C	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.033 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcab9',
    500: '#b8b49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b49c;
$custom-light: #cdcab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76668,
    "c": 0.03345,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B49C

secondary

#D3D5DC

accent

#569B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B49C

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

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