#B8BAA0#B8BAA0

#B8BAA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.036 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BAA0
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 160)
HSL	hsl(65, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(65, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 14%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -5.25, 12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 13.99, 112.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0127 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.036 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6706, 47.8465, 40.1856)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BAA0 #A2A0BA

analogous

#BAAFA0 #B8BAA0 #ABBAA0

triadic

#B8BAA0 #A0B8BA #BAA0B8

tetradic

#B8BAA0 #A0BAAF #A2A0BA #BAA0AB

square

#B8BAA0 #A0BAAF #A2A0BA #BAA0AB

split-complementary

#B8BAA0 #A0ABBA #AFA0BA

monochromatic

#7F825E #9EA07D #B8BAA0 #D2D4C3 #EDEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B8BAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#B8BAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BAA0

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BAA0	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB79F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8baa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.036 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcebc',
    500: '#b8baa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8baa0;
$custom-light: #cdcebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8baa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 15.854,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78025,
    "c": 0.03586,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BAA0

secondary

#D8D7DF

accent

#4B9A51

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BAA0

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

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