#B8BCAE#B8BCAE

#B8BCAE is a light, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.020 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCAE
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(77, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(77, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -3.94, 6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 7.68, 120.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0099 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.02 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3892, 49.2128, 47.1440)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCAE #B2AEBC

analogous

#BCB9AE #B8BCAE #B1BCAE

triadic

#B8BCAE #AEB8BC #BCAEB8

tetradic

#B8BCAE #AEBCB9 #B2AEBC #BCAEB1

square

#B8BCAE #AEBCB9 #B2AEBC #BCAEB1

split-complementary

#B8BCAE #AEB1BC #B9AEBC

monochromatic

#7D836C #9BA08D #B8BCAE #D5D8CF #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B8BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#B8BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCAE

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCAE	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.020 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0c6',
    500: '#b8bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcae;
$custom-light: #cdd0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78808,
    "c": 0.0199,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCAE

secondary

#E2E1E5

accent

#529365

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCAE

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

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