#B8B8A8#B8B8A8

#B8B8A8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.022 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B8A8
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(60, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -2.86, 8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 8.62, 109.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0064 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.022 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9746, 47.2987, 43.8511)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B8A8 #A8A8B8

analogous

#B8B0A8 #B8B8A8 #B0B8A8

triadic

#B8B8A8 #A8B8B8 #B8A8B8

tetradic

#B8B8A8 #A8B8B0 #A8A8B8 #B8A8B0

square

#B8B8A8 #A8B8B0 #A8A8B8 #B8A8B0

split-complementary

#B8B8A8 #A8B0B8 #B0A8B8

monochromatic

#7E7E67 #9D9D86 #B8B8A8 #D4D4CA #EFEFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B8B8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#B8B8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B8A8

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B8A8	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB6A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB7A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.022 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcdc1',
    500: '#b8b8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b8a8;
$custom-light: #cdcdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77812,
    "c": 0.02218,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B8A8

secondary

#DCDCE0

accent

#519451

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B8A8

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

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