#B5BCAF#B5BCAF

#B5BCAF is a light, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.020 H 130.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BCAF
RGB	rgb(181, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(92, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(92, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -4.83, 5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 7.50, 130.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0127 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.02 130.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7759, 48.8852, 47.6260)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BCAF #B6AFBC

analogous

#BBBCAF #B5BCAF #AFBCAF

triadic

#B5BCAF #AFB5BC #BCAFB5

tetradic

#B5BCAF #AFBBBC #B6AFBC #BCAFAF

square

#B5BCAF #AFBBBC #B6AFBC #BCAFAF

split-complementary

#B5BCAF #AFAFBC #BCAFBB

monochromatic

#77836E #96A08E #B5BCAF #D4D8D0 #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B5BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#B5BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BCAF

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BCAF	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.020 130.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0c6',
    500: '#b5bcaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bcaf;
$custom-light: #cbd0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.308,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78599,
    "c": 0.01965,
    "h": 130.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BCAF

secondary

#E4E2E5

accent

#539375

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BCAF

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

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