#BEC8A5#BEC8A5

#BEC8A5 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.049 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC8A5
RGB	rgb(190, 200, 165)
HSL	hsl(77, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(77, 18%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 17.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -9.55, 16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 18.96, 120.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0247 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.049 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6802, 54.9724, 43.6362)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC8A5 #AFA5C8

analogous

#C8C1A5 #BEC8A5 #ADC8A5

triadic

#BEC8A5 #A5BEC8 #C8A5BE

tetradic

#BEC8A5 #A5C8C1 #AFA5C8 #C8A5AD

square

#BEC8A5 #A5C8C1 #AFA5C8 #C8A5AD

split-complementary

#BEC8A5 #A5ADC8 #C1A5C8

monochromatic

#86975C #A3B17F #BEC8A5 #D9DFCB #F1F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BEC8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#BEC8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC8A5

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC8A5	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC4A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC4A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 200, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.049 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8bf',
    500: '#bec8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec8a5;
$custom-light: #d1d8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81575,
    "c": 0.04884,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC8A5

secondary

#80759D

accent

#43A35E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC8A5

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

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