#B5BE9B#B5BE9B

#B5BE9B is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.049 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BE9B
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 155)
HSL	hsl(75, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(75, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 18.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -9.25, 16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 19.06, 119.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0239 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.049 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3852, 49.0173, 38.1797)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BE9B #A49BBE

analogous

#BEB69B #B5BE9B #A3BE9B

triadic

#B5BE9B #9BB5BE #BE9BB5

tetradic

#B5BE9B #9BBEB6 #A49BBE #BE9BA3

square

#B5BE9B #9BBEB6 #A49BBE #BE9BA3

split-complementary

#B5BE9B #9BA3BE #B69BBE

monochromatic

#7B8758 #9AA676 #B5BE9B #D0D6C0 #ECEEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B5BE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#B5BE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BE9B

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BE9B	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5be9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.049 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd1b8',
    500: '#b5be9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5be9b;
$custom-light: #cbd1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5be9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.429,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78514,
    "c": 0.04899,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BE9B

secondary

#D8D5E0

accent

#46A05D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F9F6

border

#D1D2D0

text

#131411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BE9B

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

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