#BEC4AE#BEC4AE

#BEC4AE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.031 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC4AE
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 174)
HSL	hsl(76, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(76, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -6.00, 10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 11.95, 120.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0152 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.031 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6141, 53.4831, 47.7984)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC4AE #B4AEC4

analogous

#C4BFAE #BEC4AE #B3C4AE

triadic

#BEC4AE #AEBEC4 #C4AEBE

tetradic

#BEC4AE #AEC4BF #B4AEC4 #C4AEB3

square

#BEC4AE #AEC4BF #B4AEC4 #C4AEB3

split-complementary

#BEC4AE #AEB3C4 #BFAEC4

monochromatic

#858F68 #A2AA8B #BEC4AE #DADED1 #F1F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BEC4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#BEC4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC4AE

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC4AE	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.031 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5c6',
    500: '#bec4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec4ae;
$custom-light: #d1d5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.364,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80954,
    "c": 0.03088,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC4AE

secondary

#857E98

accent

#4C9A61

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC4AE

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

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