#B5BDAA#B5BDAA

#B5BDAA is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.028 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BDAA
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 170)
HSL	hsl(85, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(85, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -6.24, 8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 10.67, 125.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0162 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.028 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5082, 49.1212, 45.1589)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BDAA #B2AABD

analogous

#BDBBAA #B5BDAA #ABBDAA

triadic

#B5BDAA #AAB5BD #BDAAB5

tetradic

#B5BDAA #AABDBB #B2AABD #BDAAAB

square

#B5BDAA #AABDBB #B2AABD #BDAAAB

split-complementary

#B5BDAA #AAABBD #BBAABD

monochromatic

#798567 #97A288 #B5BDAA #D3D8CC #F0F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B5BDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#B5BDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BDAA

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BDAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BDAA	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bdaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.028 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0c3',
    500: '#b5bdaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bdaa;
$custom-light: #cbd0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bdaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.263,
    "s": 12.583,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78675,
    "c": 0.02776,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BDAA

secondary

#E1DFE4

accent

#4F976D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F9F7

border

#D1D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BDAA

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

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