#B5BCAC#B5BCAC

#B5BCAC is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.024 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCAC
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(86, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(86, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -5.36, 7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 9.02, 126.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0139 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.024 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4845, 48.7687, 46.0915)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCAC #B3ACBC

analogous

#BCBBAC #B5BCAC #ADBCAC

triadic

#B5BCAC #ACB5BC #BCACB5

tetradic

#B5BCAC #ACBCBB #B3ACBC #BCACAD

square

#B5BCAC #ACBCBB #B3ACBC #BCACAD

split-complementary

#B5BCAC #ACADBC #BBACBC

monochromatic

#78836A #97A18A #B5BCAC #D3D7CE #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B5BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#B5BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCAC

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCAC	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)

#BEBAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.024 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0c4',
    500: '#b5bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bcac;
$custom-light: #cbd0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.25,
    "s": 10.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78517,
    "c": 0.02351,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCAC

secondary

#E2E0E4

accent

#51956F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCAC

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

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