#B8BC8A#B8BC8A

#B8BC8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.067 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BC8A
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 138)
HSL	hsl(65, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -9.61, 24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 26.70, 111.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0249 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.067 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3377, 47.9922, 31.0729)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BC8A #8E8ABC

analogous

#BCA78A #B8BC8A #9FBC8A

triadic

#B8BC8A #8AB8BC #BC8AB8

tetradic

#B8BC8A #8ABCA7 #8E8ABC #BC8A9F

square

#B8BC8A #8ABCA7 #8E8ABC #BC8A9F

split-complementary

#B8BC8A #8A9FBC #A78ABC

monochromatic

#7D814A #A0A663 #B8BC8A #D0D2B1 #E7E9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B8BC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#B8BC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BC8A

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BC8A	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.067 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0ac',
    500: '#b8bc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bc8a;
$custom-light: #ced0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77952,
    "c": 0.06749,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BC8A

secondary

#CAC8DA

accent

#40A648

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BC8A

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

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