#B5BCAB#B5BCAB

#B5BCAB is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.025 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCAB
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(85, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(85, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -5.54, 7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 9.54, 125.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0143 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.025 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.3888, 48.7304, 45.5876)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCAB #B2ABBC

analogous

#BCBAAB #B5BCAB #ACBCAB

triadic

#B5BCAB #ABB5BC #BCABB5

tetradic

#B5BCAB #ABBCBA #B2ABBC #BCABAC

square

#B5BCAB #ABBCBA #B2ABBC #BCABAC

split-complementary

#B5BCAB #ABACBC #BAABBC

monochromatic

#798469 #97A189 #B5BCAB #D3D7CD #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B5BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#B5BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCAB

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCAB	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.025 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0c4',
    500: '#b5bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bcab;
$custom-light: #cbd0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.706,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7849,
    "c": 0.02481,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCAB

secondary

#E1DFE4

accent

#50956D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCAB

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

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