#B5BDA2#B5BDA2

#B5BDA2 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.038 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BDA2
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 162)
HSL	hsl(78, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(78, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -7.60, 12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 14.82, 120.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0195 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.038 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7744, 48.8276, 41.2940)
Luminance	0.4883 (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

#B5BDA2 #AAA2BD

analogous

#BDB8A2 #B5BDA2 #A8BDA2

triadic

#B5BDA2 #A2B5BD #BDA2B5

tetradic

#B5BDA2 #A2BDB8 #AAA2BD #BDA2A8

square

#B5BDA2 #A2BDB8 #AAA2BD #BDA2A8

split-complementary

#B5BDA2 #A2A8BD #B8A2BD

monochromatic

#7A865F #99A47E #B5BDA2 #D1D6C6 #EEF0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B5BDA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#B5BDA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BDA2

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BDA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BDA2	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)

#C1BAA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BAA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bda2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.038 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0bd',
    500: '#b5bda2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bda2;
$custom-light: #cbd0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bda2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.778,
    "s": 16.981,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7847,
    "c": 0.03826,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BDA2

secondary

#DCD9E1

accent

#4A9B62

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F9F6

border

#D1D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BDA2

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

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