#B8BCA8#B8BCA8

#B8BCA8 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.028 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCA8
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(72, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(72, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -4.97, 9.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 10.85, 117.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0124 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.028 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8173, 48.9841, 44.1320)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCA8 #ACA8BC

analogous

#BCB6A8 #B8BCA8 #AEBCA8

triadic

#B8BCA8 #A8B8BC #BCA8B8

tetradic

#B8BCA8 #A8BCB6 #ACA8BC #BCA8AE

square

#B8BCA8 #A8BCB6 #ACA8BC #BCA8AE

split-complementary

#B8BCA8 #A8AEBC #B6A8BC

monochromatic

#7E8466 #9CA185 #B8BCA8 #D4D7CB #F0F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B8BCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#B8BCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCA8

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCA8	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBAA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.028 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0c1',
    500: '#b8bca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bca8;
$custom-light: #cdd0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78649,
    "c": 0.02798,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCA8

secondary

#DEDDE3

accent

#4E975D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCA8

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

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