#B8BD97#B8BD97

#B8BD97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.052 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BD97
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(68, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(68, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -8.24, 18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 20.41, 113.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0209 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.052 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5502, 48.8202, 36.4011)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BD97 #9C97BD

analogous

#BDAF97 #B8BD97 #A5BD97

triadic

#B8BD97 #97B8BD #BD97B8

tetradic

#B8BD97 #97BDAF #9C97BD #BD97A5

square

#B8BD97 #97BDAF #9C97BD #BD97A5

split-complementary

#B8BD97 #97A5BD #AF97BD

monochromatic

#7F8554 #9EA572 #B8BD97 #D2D5BC #EBEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B8BD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#B8BD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BD97

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BD97	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.052 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0b5',
    500: '#b8bd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bd97;
$custom-light: #cdd0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.895,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78446,
    "c": 0.05209,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BD97

secondary

#D3D2DE

accent

#45A151

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BD97

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

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