#B8BBAD#B8BBAD

#B8BBAD is a light, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.020 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BBAD
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(73, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(73, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -3.58, 6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 7.62, 118.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0088 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.02 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0792, 48.7482, 46.5615)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BBAD #B0ADBB

analogous

#BBB7AD #B8BBAD #B1BBAD

triadic

#B8BBAD #ADB8BB #BBADB8

tetradic

#B8BBAD #ADBBB7 #B0ADBB #BBADB1

square

#B8BBAD #ADBBB7 #B0ADBB #BBADB1

split-complementary

#B8BBAD #ADB1BB #B7ADBB

monochromatic

#7D826C #9B9F8C #B8BBAD #D5D7CE #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B8BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#B8BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BBAD

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BBAD	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.020 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcfc5',
    500: '#b8bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bbad;
$custom-light: #cdcfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 9.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78572,
    "c": 0.01969,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BBAD

secondary

#E1E0E4

accent

#529360

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BBAD

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

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