#B8B89E#B8B89E

#B8B89E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.036 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B89E
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 158)
HSL	hsl(60, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 14.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -4.51, 13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 13.99, 108.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0106 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.036 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0786, 46.9403, 39.1321)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B89E #9E9EB8

analogous

#B8AB9E #B8B89E #ABB89E

triadic

#B8B89E #9EB8B8 #B89EB8

tetradic

#B8B89E #9EB8AB #9E9EB8 #B89EAB

square

#B8B89E #9EB8AB #9E9EB8 #B89EAB

split-complementary

#B8B89E #9EABB8 #AB9EB8

monochromatic

#7F7F5D #9E9E7B #B8B89E #D2D2C1 #ECECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B8B89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#B8B89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B89E

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B89E	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB69C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.036 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcdba',
    500: '#b8b89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b89e;
$custom-light: #cdcdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77555,
    "c": 0.0358,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B89E

secondary

#D5D5DD

accent

#4C9A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B89E

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

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