#B9BEAF#B9BEAF

#B9BEAF is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.021 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEAF
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 175)
HSL	hsl(80, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(80, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -4.46, 6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 8.28, 122.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0114 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.021 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1577, 50.2363, 47.8140)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEAF #B4AFBE

analogous

#BEBCAF #B9BEAF #B2BEAF

triadic

#B9BEAF #AFB9BE #BEAFB9

tetradic

#B9BEAF #AFBEBC #B4AFBE #BEAFB2

square

#B9BEAF #AFBEBC #B4AFBE #BEAFB2

split-complementary

#B9BEAF #AFB2BE #BCAFBE

monochromatic

#7D866D #9BA38D #B9BEAF #D7D9D1 #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9BEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#B9BEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEAF

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEAF	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9beaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.021 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1c6',
    500: '#b9beaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9beaf;
$custom-light: #ced1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9beaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79332,
    "c": 0.02147,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEAF

secondary

#868091

accent

#519468

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FAFBF9

border

#D3D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEAF

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

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