#B5BFAE#B5BFAE

#B5BFAE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.026 H 132.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BFAE
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 174)
HSL	hsl(95, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(95, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -6.59, 7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 9.90, 131.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0175 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.026 132.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.3256, 50.1412, 47.3265)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BFAE #B8AEBF

analogous

#BEBFAE #B5BFAE #AEBFB0

triadic

#B5BFAE #AEB5BF #BFAEB5

tetradic

#B5BFAE #AEBEBF #B8AEBF #BFB0AE

square

#B5BFAE #AEBEBF #B8AEBF #BFB0AE

split-complementary

#B5BFAE #B0AEBF #BFAEBE

monochromatic

#77886B #96A48C #B5BFAE #D4DAD0 #EFF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B5BFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#B5BFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BFAE

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BFAE	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.026 132.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd2c6',
    500: '#b5bfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bfae;
$custom-light: #cbd2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.294,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79204,
    "c": 0.02602,
    "h": 132.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BFAE

secondary

#8A7F92

accent

#509679

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FBF9

border

#D2D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#828382

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BFAE

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

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