#B9BCAE#B9BCAE

#B9BCAE is a light, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.020 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BCAE
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(73, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(73, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -3.58, 6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 7.61, 118.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0088 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.02 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6297, 49.3368, 47.1553)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BCAE #B1AEBC

analogous

#BCB8AE #B9BCAE #B2BCAE

triadic

#B9BCAE #AEB9BC #BCAEB9

tetradic

#B9BCAE #AEBCB8 #B1AEBC #BCAEB2

square

#B9BCAE #AEBCB8 #B1AEBC #BCAEB2

split-complementary

#B9BCAE #AEB2BC #B8AEBC

monochromatic

#7E836C #9CA08D #B9BCAE #D6D8CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B9BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#B9BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BCAE

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BCAE	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.020 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0c6',
    500: '#b9bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bcae;
$custom-light: #ced0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78887,
    "c": 0.01966,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BCAE

secondary

#E2E1E5

accent

#529360

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BCAE

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

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