#B9BEAC#B9BEAC

#B9BEAC is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.025 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEAC
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 172)
HSL	hsl(77, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(77, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -4.98, 8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 9.85, 120.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0126 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.025 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8664, 50.1198, 46.2795)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEAC #B1ACBE

analogous

#BEBAAC #B9BEAC #B0BEAC

triadic

#B9BEAC #ACB9BE #BEACB9

tetradic

#B9BEAC #ACBEBA #B1ACBE #BEACB0

square

#B9BEAC #ACBEBA #B1ACBE #BEACB0

split-complementary

#B9BEAC #ACB0BE #BAACBE

monochromatic

#7E8669 #9CA38A #B9BEAC #D6D9CE #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9BEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#B9BEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEAC

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEAC	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	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)

#C1BCAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9beac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.025 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1c4',
    500: '#b9beac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9beac;
$custom-light: #ced1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9beac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.667,
    "s": 12.162,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79252,
    "c": 0.02546,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEAC

secondary

#837D91

accent

#4F9663

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FAFBF9

border

#D3D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEAC

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

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