#B8B8AA#B8B8AA

#B8B8AA is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.019 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B8AA
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 170)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -2.51, 7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 7.54, 109.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0056 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.019 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1624, 47.3738, 44.8399)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B8AA #AAAAB8

analogous

#B8B1AA #B8B8AA #B1B8AA

triadic

#B8B8AA #AAB8B8 #B8AAB8

tetradic

#B8B8AA #AAB8B1 #AAAAB8 #B8AAB1

square

#B8B8AA #AAB8B1 #AAAAB8 #B8AAB1

split-complementary

#B8B8AA #AAB1B8 #B1AAB8

monochromatic

#7E7E69 #9C9C89 #B8B8AA #D4D4CB #F0F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B8B8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#B8B8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B8AA

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B8AA	1.00	2.00	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.019 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcdc3',
    500: '#b8b8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b8aa;
$custom-light: #cdcdc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 8.974,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77865,
    "c": 0.01943,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B8AA

secondary

#DDDDE1

accent

#539353

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B8AA

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

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