#B9BEAE#B9BEAE

#B9BEAE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.023 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEAE
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(79, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(79, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -4.64, 7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 8.80, 121.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0118 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.023 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0599, 50.1972, 47.2987)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEAE #B3AEBE

analogous

#BEBBAE #B9BEAE #B1BEAE

triadic

#B9BEAE #AEB9BE #BEAEB9

tetradic

#B9BEAE #AEBEBB #B3AEBE #BEAEB1

square

#B9BEAE #AEBEBB #B3AEBE #BEAEB1

split-complementary

#B9BEAE #AEB1BE #BBAEBE

monochromatic

#7E866C #9CA38C #B9BEAE #D6D9D0 #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9BEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#B9BEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEAE

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEAE	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9beae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.023 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1c6',
    500: '#b9beae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9beae;
$custom-light: #ced1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9beae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.75,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79305,
    "c": 0.0228,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEAE

secondary

#857F91

accent

#509566

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FAFBF9

border

#D3D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEAE

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

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