#B9BEAB#B9BEAB

#B9BEAB is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.027 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEAB
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 171)
HSL	hsl(76, 13%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(76, 10%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 10%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -5.16, 9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 10.37, 119.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.013 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.027 119)
XYZ	xyz(45.7707, 50.0815, 45.7756)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEAB #B0ABBE

analogous

#BEB9AB #B9BEAB #AFBEAB

triadic

#B9BEAB #ABB9BE #BEABB9

tetradic

#B9BEAB #ABBEB9 #B0ABBE #BEABAF

square

#B9BEAB #ABBEB9 #B0ABBE #BEABAF

split-complementary

#B9BEAB #ABAFBE #B9ABBE

monochromatic

#7F8768 #9CA388 #B9BEAB #D6D9CE #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9BEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#B9BEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEAB

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEAB	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9beab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.027 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1c4',
    500: '#b9beab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9beab;
$custom-light: #ced1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9beab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.789,
    "s": 12.752,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79226,
    "c": 0.0268,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.50081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEAB

secondary

#827C91

accent

#4F9762

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FAFBF9

border

#D3D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEAB

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

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