#B5BE8A#B5BE8A

#B5BE8A is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.071 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE8A
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 138)
HSL	hsl(70, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(70, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 27.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -11.79, 25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 27.91, 115.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0311 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.071 116)
XYZ	xyz(42.0567, 48.4859, 31.1830)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE8A #938ABE

analogous

#BEAD8A #B5BE8A #9BBE8A

triadic

#B5BE8A #8AB5BE #BE8AB5

tetradic

#B5BE8A #8ABEAD #938ABE #BE8A9B

square

#B5BE8A #8ABEAD #938ABE #BE8A9B

split-complementary

#B5BE8A #8A9BBE #AD8ABE

monochromatic

#7A8449 #9CA863 #B5BE8A #CED4B1 #E7EAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B5BE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#B5BE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE8A

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE8A	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.071 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd1ac',
    500: '#b5be8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be8a;
$custom-light: #cbd1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.385,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78142,
    "c": 0.07082,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.48486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE8A

secondary

#CCC9DB

accent

#3EA750

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F9F4

border

#D1D2CE

text

#131410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE8A

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

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