#B8BAA8#B8BAA8

#B8BAA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.025 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BAA8
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 168)
HSL	hsl(67, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(67, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 9.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -3.92, 8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 9.71, 113.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0094 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.025 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3930, 48.1355, 43.9906)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BAA8 #AAA8BA

analogous

#BAB3A8 #B8BAA8 #AFBAA8

triadic

#B8BAA8 #A8B8BA #BAA8B8

tetradic

#B8BAA8 #A8BAB3 #AAA8BA #BAA8AF

square

#B8BAA8 #A8BAB3 #AAA8BA #BAA8AF

split-complementary

#B8BAA8 #A8AFBA #B3A8BA

monochromatic

#7E8166 #9C9F86 #B8BAA8 #D4D5CA #F0F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B8BAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#B8BAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BAA8

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BAA8	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB8A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8baa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.025 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcec1',
    500: '#b8baa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8baa8;
$custom-light: #cdcec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8baa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78229,
    "c": 0.025,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BAA8

secondary

#DDDCE1

accent

#509658

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BAA8

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

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