#BEC8AC#BEC8AC

#BEC8AC is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.040 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC8AC
RGB	rgb(190, 200, 172)
HSL	hsl(81, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(81, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 14%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -8.41, 12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 15.36, 123.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0218 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.04 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.3348, 55.2342, 47.0839)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC8AC #B6ACC8

analogous

#C8C4AC #BEC8AC #B0C8AC

triadic

#BEC8AC #ACBEC8 #C8ACBE

tetradic

#BEC8AC #ACC8C4 #B6ACC8 #C8ACB0

square

#BEC8AC #ACC8C4 #B6ACC8 #C8ACB0

split-complementary

#BEC8AC #ACB0C8 #C4ACC8

monochromatic

#849663 #A1B087 #BEC8AC #DBE0D1 #F1F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BEC8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#BEC8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC8AC

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC8AC	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 200, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.040 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8c4',
    500: '#bec8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec8ac;
$custom-light: #d1d8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.429,
    "s": 20.29,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81744,
    "c": 0.03979,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC8AC

secondary

#877C9C

accent

#479F66

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC8AC

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

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