#B8BCAB#B8BCAB

#B8BCAB is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.024 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCAB
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(74, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(74, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -4.46, 8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 9.27, 118.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.0111 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.024 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1000, 49.0971, 45.6209)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCAB #AFABBC

analogous

#BCB7AB #B8BCAB #AFBCAB

triadic

#B8BCAB #ABB8BC #BCABB8

tetradic

#B8BCAB #ABBCB7 #AFABBC #BCABAF

square

#B8BCAB #ABBCB7 #AFABBC #BCABAF

split-complementary

#B8BCAB #ABAFBC #B7ABBC

monochromatic

#7D8469 #9BA189 #B8BCAB #D5D7CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B8BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#B8BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCAB

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCAB	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)

#BFBAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.024 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0c4',
    500: '#b8bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcab;
$custom-light: #cdd0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.118,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78727,
    "c": 0.02394,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCAB

secondary

#E0DFE4

accent

#509560

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCAB

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

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