#B8BE99#B8BE99

#B8BE99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.051 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE99
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 153)
HSL	hsl(70, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(70, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -8.45, 18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 19.91, 115.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0216 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.051 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9299, 49.3174, 37.3358)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE99 #9F99BE

analogous

#BEB299 #B8BE99 #A6BE99

triadic

#B8BE99 #99B8BE #BE99B8

tetradic

#B8BE99 #99BEB2 #9F99BE #BE99A6

square

#B8BE99 #99BEB2 #9F99BE #BE99A6

split-complementary

#B8BE99 #99A6BE #B299BE

monochromatic

#7F8756 #9EA674 #B8BE99 #D2D6BE #ECEEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B8BE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#B8BE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE99

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE99	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.051 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd1b7',
    500: '#b8be99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be99;
$custom-light: #cdd1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.73,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78704,
    "c": 0.05092,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE99

secondary

#D5D4DF

accent

#45A154

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE99

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

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