#B8B8A2#B8B8A2

#B8B8A2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.030 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B8A2
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(60, 13%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 12%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -3.86, 11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 11.84, 109.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0089 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.03 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4285, 47.0803, 40.9750)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B8A2 #A2A2B8

analogous

#B8ADA2 #B8B8A2 #ADB8A2

triadic

#B8B8A2 #A2B8B8 #B8A2B8

tetradic

#B8B8A2 #A2B8AD #A2A2B8 #B8A2AD

square

#B8B8A2 #A2B8AD #A2A2B8 #B8A2AD

split-complementary

#B8B8A2 #A2ADB8 #ADA2B8

monochromatic

#7F7F61 #9E9E7F #B8B8A2 #D2D2C5 #EDEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B8B8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#B8B8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B8A2

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B8A2	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB6A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB7A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.030 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcdbd',
    500: '#b8b8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b8a2;
$custom-light: #cdcdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 13.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77656,
    "c": 0.03038,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B8A2

secondary

#D8D8DE

accent

#4E984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B8A2

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

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