#B8B8A4#B8B8A4

#B8B8A4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.028 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B8A4
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 164)
HSL	hsl(60, 12%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 11%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -3.53, 10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 10.77, 109.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0081 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.028 107)
XYZ	xyz(43.6077, 47.1519, 41.9187)
Luminance	0.4715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B8A4 #A4A4B8

analogous

#B8AEA4 #B8B8A4 #AEB8A4

triadic

#B8B8A4 #A4B8B8 #B8A4B8

tetradic

#B8B8A4 #A4B8AE #A4A4B8 #B8A4AE

square

#B8B8A4 #A4B8AE #A4A4B8 #B8A4AE

split-complementary

#B8B8A4 #A4AEB8 #AEA4B8

monochromatic

#7F7F63 #9D9D82 #B8B8A4 #D3D3C6 #EEEEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B8B8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#B8B8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B8A4

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B8A4	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB7A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.028 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcdbf',
    500: '#b8b8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b8a4;
$custom-light: #cdcdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 12.346,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77707,
    "c": 0.02766,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.47152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B8A4

secondary

#D9D9DF

accent

#4F964F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B8A4

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

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