#B8B4A2#B8B4A2

#B8B4A2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.025 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B4A2
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 162)
HSL	hsl(49, 13%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 12%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -1.73, 9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 9.84, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0029 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.025 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6094, 45.4419, 40.7019)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B4A2 #A2A6B8

analogous

#B8A9A2 #B8B4A2 #B1B8A2

triadic

#B8B4A2 #A2B8B4 #B4A2B8

tetradic

#B8B4A2 #A2B8A9 #A2A6B8 #B8A2B1

square

#B8B4A2 #A2B8A9 #A2A6B8 #B8A2B1

split-complementary

#B8B4A2 #A2B1B8 #A9A2B8

monochromatic

#7F7961 #9E987F #B8B4A2 #D2D0C5 #EDECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B8B4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#B8B4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B4A2

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B4A2	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B3A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B4A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.025 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcabd',
    500: '#b8b4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b4a2;
$custom-light: #cdcabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 13.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76821,
    "c": 0.02539,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B4A2

secondary

#D8D9DE

accent

#5B984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B4A2

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

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