#BEC8AA#BEC8AA

#BEC8AA is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.042 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC8AA
RGB	rgb(190, 200, 170)
HSL	hsl(80, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(80, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 15%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -8.74, 13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 16.39, 122.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0227 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.042 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1442, 55.1580, 46.0799)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC8AA #B4AAC8

analogous

#C8C3AA #BEC8AA #AFC8AA

triadic

#BEC8AA #AABEC8 #C8AABE

tetradic

#BEC8AA #AAC8C3 #B4AAC8 #C8AAAF

square

#BEC8AA #AAC8C3 #B4AAC8 #C8AAAF

split-complementary

#BEC8AA #AAAFC8 #C3AAC8

monochromatic

#859661 #A2B085 #BEC8AA #DAE0CF #F1F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BEC8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#BEC8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC8AA

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC8AA	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 200, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.042 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8c3',
    500: '#bec8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec8aa;
$custom-light: #d1d8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81695,
    "c": 0.04237,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC8AA

secondary

#857A9C

accent

#46A064

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC8AA

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

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