#B9BEAA#B9BEAA

#B9BEAA is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.028 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEAA
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 170)
HSL	hsl(75, 13%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(75, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -5.33, 9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 10.90, 119.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0134 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.028 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6757, 50.0435, 45.2755)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEAA #AFAABE

analogous

#BEB9AA #B9BEAA #AFBEAA

triadic

#B9BEAA #AAB9BE #BEAAB9

tetradic

#B9BEAA #AABEB9 #AFAABE #BEAAAF

square

#B9BEAA #AABEB9 #AFAABE #BEAAAF

split-complementary

#B9BEAA #AAAFBE #B9AABE

monochromatic

#7F8767 #9CA387 #B9BEAA #D6D9CD #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9BEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#B9BEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEAA

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEAA	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9beaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.028 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1c3',
    500: '#b9beaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9beaa;
$custom-light: #ced1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9beaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.792,
    "c": 0.02814,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEAA

secondary

#807B91

accent

#4E9760

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FAFBF9

border

#D3D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEAA

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

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