#B9BCAC#B9BCAC

#B9BCAC is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.022 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BCAC
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(71, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(71, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -3.93, 7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 8.67, 116.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0096 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.022 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4362, 49.2594, 46.1361)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BCAC #AFACBC

analogous

#BCB7AC #B9BCAC #B1BCAC

triadic

#B9BCAC #ACB9BC #BCACB9

tetradic

#B9BCAC #ACBCB7 #AFACBC #BCACB1

square

#B9BCAC #ACBCB7 #AFACBC #BCACB1

split-complementary

#B9BCAC #ACB1BC #B7ACBC

monochromatic

#7F836A #9CA18A #B9BCAC #D6D7CE #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B9BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#B9BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BCAC

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BCAC	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)

#BFBAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.022 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0c4',
    500: '#b9bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bcac;
$custom-light: #ced0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 10.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78834,
    "c": 0.02238,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BCAC

secondary

#E1E0E4

accent

#51955E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BCAC

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

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