#BEC8A9#BEC8A9

#BEC8A9 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.044 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC8A9
RGB	rgb(190, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(79, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(79, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -8.90, 14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 16.90, 121.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0231 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.044 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0500, 55.1203, 45.5836)
Luminance	0.5512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC8A9 #B3A9C8

analogous

#C8C3A9 #BEC8A9 #AFC8A9

triadic

#BEC8A9 #A9BEC8 #C8A9BE

tetradic

#BEC8A9 #A9C8C3 #B3A9C8 #C8A9AF

square

#BEC8A9 #A9C8C3 #B3A9C8 #C8A9AF

split-complementary

#BEC8A9 #A9AFC8 #C3A9C8

monochromatic

#859660 #A2B084 #BEC8A9 #DAE0CE #F1F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BEC8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#BEC8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC8A9

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC8A9	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.044 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8c2',
    500: '#bec8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec8a9;
$custom-light: #d1d8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.355,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8167,
    "c": 0.04367,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC8A9

secondary

#84799D

accent

#45A063

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC8A9

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

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