#B8BCAF#B8BCAF

#B8BCAF is a light, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.019 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCAF
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(78, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(78, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -3.76, 6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 7.16, 121.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0095 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.019 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4871, 49.2520, 47.6594)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCAF #B3AFBC

analogous

#BCB9AF #B8BCAF #B1BCAF

triadic

#B8BCAF #AFB8BC #BCAFB8

tetradic

#B8BCAF #AFBCB9 #B3AFBC #BCAFB1

square

#B8BCAF #AFBCB9 #B3AFBC #BCAFB1

split-complementary

#B8BCAF #AFB1BC #B9AFBC

monochromatic

#7C836E #9AA08E #B8BCAF #D6D8D0 #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B8BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#B8BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCAF

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCAF	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.019 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0c6',
    500: '#b8bcaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcaf;
$custom-light: #cdd0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.462,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78835,
    "c": 0.01855,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCAF

secondary

#E3E2E5

accent

#539366

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCAF

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

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