#B5BCAE#B5BCAE

#B5BCAE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.021 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCAE
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(90, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(90, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -5.01, 6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 8.00, 128.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0131 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.021 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6780, 48.8461, 47.1107)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCAE #B5AEBC

analogous

#BCBCAE #B5BCAE #AEBCAE

triadic

#B5BCAE #AEB5BC #BCAEB5

tetradic

#B5BCAE #AEBCBC #B5AEBC #BCAEAE

square

#B5BCAE #AEBCBC #B5AEBC #BCAEAE

split-complementary

#B5BCAE #AEAEBC #BCAEBC

monochromatic

#78836C #96A08D #B5BCAE #D4D8CF #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B5BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#B5BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCAE

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCAE	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.021 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0c6',
    500: '#b5bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bcae;
$custom-light: #cbd0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78571,
    "c": 0.02093,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCAE

secondary

#E3E1E5

accent

#529373

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCAE

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

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