#B8B89C#B8B89C

#B8B89C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.038 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B89C
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 156)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 15.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -4.83, 14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 15.06, 108.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0114 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.039 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9079, 46.8720, 38.2328)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B89C #9C9CB8

analogous

#B8AA9C #B8B89C #AAB89C

triadic

#B8B89C #9CB8B8 #B89CB8

tetradic

#B8B89C #9CB8AA #9C9CB8 #B89CAA

square

#B8B89C #9CB8AA #9C9CB8 #B89CAA

split-complementary

#B8B89C #9CAAB8 #AA9CB8

monochromatic

#7F7F5B #9E9E78 #B8B89C #D2D2C0 #EBEBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B8B89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#B8B89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B89C

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B89C	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.038 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcdb9',
    500: '#b8b89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b89c;
$custom-light: #cdcdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77506,
    "c": 0.0385,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B89C

secondary

#D3D3DC

accent

#4B9B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B89C

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

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