#B8B49E#B8B49E

#B8B49E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.031 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B49E
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 158)
HSL	hsl(51, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 14.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -2.39, 11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 11.98, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0046 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.031 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.2595, 45.3019, 38.8590)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B49E #9EA2B8

analogous

#B8A79E #B8B49E #AFB89E

triadic

#B8B49E #9EB8B4 #B49EB8

tetradic

#B8B49E #9EB8A7 #9EA2B8 #B89EAF

square

#B8B49E #9EB8A7 #9EA2B8 #B89EAF

split-complementary

#B8B49E #9EAFB8 #A79EB8

monochromatic

#7F7A5D #9E997B #B8B49E #D2CFC1 #ECEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B8B49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#B8B49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B49E

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B49E	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B29D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.031 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcaba',
    500: '#b8b49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b49e;
$custom-light: #cdcaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76718,
    "c": 0.03078,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B49E

secondary

#D5D6DD

accent

#589A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B49E

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

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