#B8BD85#B8BD85

#B8BD85 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.075 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BD85
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 133)
HSL	hsl(65, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 29.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -10.81, 27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 29.83, 111.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0285 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.075 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1984, 48.2795, 29.2816)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BD85 #8A85BD

analogous

#BDA685 #B8BD85 #9CBD85

triadic

#B8BD85 #85B8BD #BD85B8

tetradic

#B8BD85 #85BDA6 #8A85BD #BD859C

square

#B8BD85 #85BDA6 #8A85BD #BD859C

split-complementary

#B8BD85 #859CBD #A685BD

monochromatic

#7C8246 #A1A85D #B8BD85 #CFD2AD #E6E8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B8BD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#B8BD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BD85

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BD85	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)

#C5B881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.075 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0a9',
    500: '#b8bd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bd85;
$custom-light: #ced0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.357,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78067,
    "c": 0.07512,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BD85

secondary

#C7C5D9

accent

#3DA847

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#131410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BD85

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

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