#B5BDA4#B5BDA4

#B5BDA4 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.036 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BDA4
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 164)
HSL	hsl(79, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(79, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -7.26, 11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 13.77, 121.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0187 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.036 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9536, 48.8993, 42.2377)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BDA4 #ACA4BD

analogous

#BDB9A4 #B5BDA4 #A9BDA4

triadic

#B5BDA4 #A4B5BD #BDA4B5

tetradic

#B5BDA4 #A4BDB9 #ACA4BD #BDA4A9

square

#B5BDA4 #A4BDB9 #ACA4BD #BDA4A9

split-complementary

#B5BDA4 #A4A9BD #B9A4BD

monochromatic

#7A8661 #98A381 #B5BDA4 #D2D7C7 #EFF0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B5BDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#B5BDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BDA4

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BDA4	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)

#C0BAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.036 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0bf',
    500: '#b5bda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bda4;
$custom-light: #cbd0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.2,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7852,
    "c": 0.03562,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BDA4

secondary

#DDDBE2

accent

#4B9A65

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F9F7

border

#D1D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BDA4

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

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