#B4BCAD#B4BCAD

#B4BCAD is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.023 H 130.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCAD
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(92, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(92, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -5.54, 6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 8.64, 129.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0146 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.023 130.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3472, 48.6867, 46.5882)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCAD #B5ADBC

analogous

#BBBCAD #B4BCAD #ADBCAD

triadic

#B4BCAD #ADB4BC #BCADB4

tetradic

#B4BCAD #ADBBBC #B5ADBC #BCADAD

square

#B4BCAD #ADBBBC #B5ADBC #BCADAD

split-complementary

#B4BCAD #ADADBC #BCADBB

monochromatic

#76836B #95A08B #B4BCAD #D3D8CF #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B4BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#B4BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCAD

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCAD	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.023 130.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0c5',
    500: '#b4bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcad;
$custom-light: #cad0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92,
    "s": 10.067,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78466,
    "c": 0.02263,
    "h": 130.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCAD

secondary

#E3E0E4

accent

#519475

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCAD

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

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