#BEC5AF#BEC5AF

#BEC5AF is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.031 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5AF
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 175)
HSL	hsl(79, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(79, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 11.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -6.35, 10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 12.03, 121.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0162 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.031 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9382, 53.9748, 48.3891)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5AF #B6AFC5

analogous

#C5C1AF #BEC5AF #B3C5AF

triadic

#BEC5AF #AFBEC5 #C5AFBE

tetradic

#BEC5AF #AFC5C1 #B6AFC5 #C5AFB3

square

#BEC5AF #AFC5C1 #B6AFC5 #C5AFB3

split-complementary

#BEC5AF #AFB3C5 #C1AFC5

monochromatic

#849169 #A1AB8C #BEC5AF #DBDFD2 #F1F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BEC5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#BEC5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5AF

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5AF	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.031 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6c6',
    500: '#bec5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5af;
$custom-light: #d1d6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.091,
    "s": 15.942,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81189,
    "c": 0.03113,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5AF

secondary

#877F99

accent

#4B9A64

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5AF

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

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