#BEC5AA#BEC5AA

#BEC5AA is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.038 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5AA
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 170)
HSL	hsl(76, 19%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(76, 14%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 13.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -7.18, 12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 14.62, 119.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0183 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.038 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4562, 53.7820, 45.8506)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5AA #B1AAC5

analogous

#C5BFAA #BEC5AA #B1C5AA

triadic

#BEC5AA #AABEC5 #C5AABE

tetradic

#BEC5AA #AAC5BF #B1AAC5 #C5AAB1

square

#BEC5AA #AAC5BF #B1AAC5 #C5AAB1

split-complementary

#BEC5AA #AAB1C5 #BFAAC5

monochromatic

#859163 #A2AC86 #BEC5AA #DADECE #F1F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BEC5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BEC5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5AA

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5AA	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.038 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6c3',
    500: '#bec5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5aa;
$custom-light: #d1d6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.556,
    "s": 18.881,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81063,
    "c": 0.03771,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5AA

secondary

#827A99

accent

#489D5E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5AA

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

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