#B8B696#B8B696

#B8B696 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.044 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B696
RGB	rgb(184, 182, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -4.71, 16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 17.24, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0109 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.044 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9998, 45.8487, 35.4854)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B696 #9698B8

analogous

#B8A596 #B8B696 #A9B896

triadic

#B8B696 #96B8B6 #B696B8

tetradic

#B8B696 #96B8A5 #9698B8 #B896A9

square

#B8B696 #96B8A5 #9698B8 #B896A9

split-complementary

#B8B696 #96A9B8 #A596B8

monochromatic

#7E7C55 #9F9D71 #B8B696 #D1CFBB #E9E9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B8B696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#B8B696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B696

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B696	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 182, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.044 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcbb5',
    500: '#b8b696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b696;
$custom-light: #cdcbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 19.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76942,
    "c": 0.04393,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B696

secondary

#CFD0DB

accent

#4D9E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B696

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

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