#B8B89A#B8B89A

#B8B89A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.041 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B89A
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 154)
HSL	hsl(60, 17%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 16%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 16.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -5.15, 15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 16.13, 108.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0123 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.041 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7399, 46.8048, 37.3483)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B89A #9A9AB8

analogous

#B8A99A #B8B89A #A9B89A

triadic

#B8B89A #9AB8B8 #B89AB8

tetradic

#B8B89A #9AB8A9 #9A9AB8 #B89AA9

square

#B8B89A #9AB8A9 #9A9AB8 #B89AA9

split-complementary

#B8B89A #9AA9B8 #A99AB8

monochromatic

#7F7F59 #9F9F76 #B8B89A #D1D1BE #EBEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B8B89A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#B8B89A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B89A

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B89A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B89A	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b89a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.041 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcdb7',
    500: '#b8b89a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b89a;
$custom-light: #cdcdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b89a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 17.442,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77458,
    "c": 0.04118,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B89A

secondary

#D2D2DC

accent

#4A9C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B89A

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

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