#BEC5AE#BEC5AE

#BEC5AE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.032 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5AE
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(78, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(78, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -6.52, 10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 12.55, 121.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0167 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.032 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.8404, 53.9357, 47.8738)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5AE #B5AEC5

analogous

#C5C0AE #BEC5AE #B2C5AE

triadic

#BEC5AE #AEBEC5 #C5AEBE

tetradic

#BEC5AE #AEC5C0 #B5AEC5 #C5AEB2

square

#BEC5AE #AEC5C0 #B5AEC5 #C5AEB2

split-complementary

#BEC5AE #AEB2C5 #C0AEC5

monochromatic

#849168 #A1AB8A #BEC5AE #DBDFD2 #F1F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BEC5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#BEC5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5AE

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5AE	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.032 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6c6',
    500: '#bec5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5ae;
$custom-light: #d1d6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.261,
    "s": 16.547,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81164,
    "c": 0.03244,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5AE

secondary

#867E99

accent

#4B9B63

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5AE

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

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