#BEC8AB#BEC8AB

#BEC8AB is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.041 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC8AB
RGB	rgb(190, 200, 171)
HSL	hsl(81, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(81, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 14.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -8.58, 13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 15.88, 122.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0222 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.041 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2391, 55.1960, 46.5800)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC8AB #B5ABC8

analogous

#C8C3AB #BEC8AB #AFC8AB

triadic

#BEC8AB #ABBEC8 #C8ABBE

tetradic

#BEC8AB #ABC8C3 #B5ABC8 #C8ABAF

square

#BEC8AB #ABC8C3 #B5ABC8 #C8ABAF

split-complementary

#BEC8AB #ABAFC8 #C3ABC8

monochromatic

#849662 #A1B086 #BEC8AB #DBE0D0 #F1F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BEC8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#BEC8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC8AB

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC8AB	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 200, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.041 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8c4',
    500: '#bec8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec8ab;
$custom-light: #d1d8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.69,
    "s": 20.863,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81719,
    "c": 0.04108,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC8AB

secondary

#867B9C

accent

#469F65

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC8AB

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

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