#B5BCA2#B5BCA2

#B5BCA2 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.037 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCA2
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(76, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(76, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -7.07, 12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 14.23, 119.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0181 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.037 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5600, 48.3989, 41.2225)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCA2 #A9A2BC

analogous

#BCB6A2 #B5BCA2 #A8BCA2

triadic

#B5BCA2 #A2B5BC #BCA2B5

tetradic

#B5BCA2 #A2BCB6 #A9A2BC #BCA2A8

square

#B5BCA2 #A2BCB6 #A9A2BC #BCA2A8

split-complementary

#B5BCA2 #A2A8BC #B6A2BC

monochromatic

#7A845F #99A27E #B5BCA2 #D1D6C6 #EEEFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B5BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#B5BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCA2

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCA2	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.037 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0bd',
    500: '#b5bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bca2;
$custom-light: #cbd0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.154,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78258,
    "c": 0.0367,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCA2

secondary

#DBD9E1

accent

#4B9A60

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F9F6

border

#D1D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCA2

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

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