#B8BAAC#B8BAAC

#B8BAAC is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.020 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BAAC
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 172)
HSL	hsl(69, 9%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(69, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 7.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -3.23, 6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 7.58, 115.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0078 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.02 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7714, 48.2868, 45.9834)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BAAC #AEACBA

analogous

#BAB5AC #B8BAAC #B1BAAC

triadic

#B8BAAC #ACB8BA #BAACB8

tetradic

#B8BAAC #ACBAB5 #AEACBA #BAACB1

square

#B8BAAC #ACBAB5 #AEACBA #BAACB1

split-complementary

#B8BAAC #ACB1BA #B5ACBA

monochromatic

#7E816B #9B9E8B #B8BAAC #D5D6CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B8BAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#B8BAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BAAC

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BAAC	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8baac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.020 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcec4',
    500: '#b8baac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8baac;
$custom-light: #cdcec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8baac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 9.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78336,
    "c": 0.01953,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BAAC

secondary

#E0DFE3

accent

#52935C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BAAC

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

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