#BEC8A6#BEC8A6

#BEC8A6 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.048 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC8A6
RGB	rgb(190, 200, 166)
HSL	hsl(78, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(78, 17%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 17%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -9.39, 15.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 18.45, 120.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0243 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.048 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.7716, 55.0089, 44.1174)
Luminance	0.5501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC8A6 #B0A6C8

analogous

#C8C1A6 #BEC8A6 #ADC8A6

triadic

#BEC8A6 #A6BEC8 #C8A6BE

tetradic

#BEC8A6 #A6C8C1 #B0A6C8 #C8A6AD

square

#BEC8A6 #A6C8C1 #B0A6C8 #C8A6AD

split-complementary

#BEC8A6 #A6ADC8 #C1A6C8

monochromatic

#86975D #A2B180 #BEC8A6 #DADFCC #F1F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BEC8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#BEC8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC8A6

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC8A6	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC4A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 200, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.048 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8c0',
    500: '#bec8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec8a6;
$custom-light: #d1d8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.647,
    "s": 23.611,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81598,
    "c": 0.04755,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC8A6

secondary

#81769D

accent

#43A25F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC8A6

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

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