#BEC5AB#BEC5AB

#BEC5AB is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.036 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5AB
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 171)
HSL	hsl(76, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(76, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 13.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -7.02, 12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 14.10, 119.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0179 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.036 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.5512, 53.8200, 46.3507)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5AB #B2ABC5

analogous

#C5BFAB #BEC5AB #B1C5AB

triadic

#BEC5AB #ABBEC5 #C5ABBE

tetradic

#BEC5AB #ABC5BF #B2ABC5 #C5ABB1

square

#BEC5AB #ABC5BF #B2ABC5 #C5ABB1

split-complementary

#BEC5AB #ABB1C5 #BFABC5

monochromatic

#859164 #A2AC87 #BEC5AB #DADECF #F1F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BEC5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BEC5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5AB

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5AB	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)

#C9C2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.036 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6c4',
    500: '#bec5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5ab;
$custom-light: #d1d6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.154,
    "s": 18.31,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81088,
    "c": 0.03639,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5AB

secondary

#837B99

accent

#499D5F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5AB

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

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