#B8C8AE#B8C8AE

#B8C8AE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.040 H 133.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8C8AE
RGB	rgb(184, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(97, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(97, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -10.21, 11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 15.14, 132.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0273 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.04 133.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0601, 54.5546, 48.0343)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8C8AE #BEAEC8

analogous

#C5C8AE #B8C8AE #AEC8B1

triadic

#B8C8AE #AEB8C8 #C8AEB8

tetradic

#B8C8AE #AEC5C8 #BEAEC8 #C8B1AE

square

#B8C8AE #AEC5C8 #BEAEC8 #C8B1AE

split-complementary

#B8C8AE #B1AEC8 #C8AEC5

monochromatic

#789666 #98AF8A #B8C8AE #D8E1D2 #EFF3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B8C8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#B8C8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8C8AE

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8C8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8C8AE	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8c8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.040 133.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd8c6',
    500: '#b8c8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8c8ae;
$custom-light: #cdd8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8c8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.923,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81339,
    "c": 0.03979,
    "h": 133.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8C8AE

secondary

#917E9C

accent

#489D7D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FAFBF9

border

#D3D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8C8AE

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

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