#B8BCA0#B8BCA0

#B8BCA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.039 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCA0
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 160)
HSL	hsl(69, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(69, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -6.30, 13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 15.10, 114.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0157 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.039 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0949, 48.6951, 40.3270)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCA0 #A4A0BC

analogous

#BCB2A0 #B8BCA0 #AABCA0

triadic

#B8BCA0 #A0B8BC #BCA0B8

tetradic

#B8BCA0 #A0BCB2 #A4A0BC #BCA0AA

square

#B8BCA0 #A0BCB2 #A4A0BC #BCA0AA

split-complementary

#B8BCA0 #A0AABC #B2A0BC

monochromatic

#7F845D #9DA37C #B8BCA0 #D3D5C4 #EEEFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B8BCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#B8BCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCA0

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCA0	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B99E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.039 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0bc',
    500: '#b8bca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bca0;
$custom-light: #cdd0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78447,
    "c": 0.03873,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCA0

secondary

#D9D8E0

accent

#4A9C56

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCA0

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

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