#B2AE9C#B2AE9C

#B2AE9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.026 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE9C
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 156)
HSL	hsl(49, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 12.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -1.74, 9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 9.91, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.003 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.026 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4963, 42.1378, 37.4988)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE9C #9CA0B2

analogous

#B2A39C #B2AE9C #ABB29C

triadic

#B2AE9C #9CB2AE #AE9CB2

tetradic

#B2AE9C #9CB2A3 #9CA0B2 #B29CAB

square

#B2AE9C #9CB2A3 #9CA0B2 #B29CAB

split-complementary

#B2AE9C #9CABB2 #A39CB2

monochromatic

#77725D #97927A #B2AE9C #CDCABE #E8E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B2AE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#B2AE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE9C

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE9C	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.026 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c6b9',
    500: '#b2ae9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae9c;
$custom-light: #c9c6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7491,
    "c": 0.02554,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE9C

secondary

#D1D3D9

accent

#5C974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE9C

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

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