#B8B8A0#B8B8A0

#B8B8A0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.033 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B8A0
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(60, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 13%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -4.19, 12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 12.91, 108.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0098 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.033 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2522, 47.0097, 40.0461)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B8A0 #A0A0B8

analogous

#B8ACA0 #B8B8A0 #ACB8A0

triadic

#B8B8A0 #A0B8B8 #B8A0B8

tetradic

#B8B8A0 #A0B8AC #A0A0B8 #B8A0AC

square

#B8B8A0 #A0B8AC #A0A0B8 #B8A0AC

split-complementary

#B8B8A0 #A0ACB8 #ACA0B8

monochromatic

#7F7F5F #9E9E7D #B8B8A0 #D2D2C3 #ECECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B8B8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#B8B8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B8A0

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B8A0	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB69F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.033 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcdbc',
    500: '#b8b8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b8a0;
$custom-light: #cdcdbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 14.458,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77605,
    "c": 0.0331,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B8A0

secondary

#D6D6DE

accent

#4D994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B8A0

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

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