#BEC8AE#BEC8AE

#BEC8AE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.037 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC8AE
RGB	rgb(190, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(83, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(83, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -8.08, 11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 14.34, 124.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.021 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.037 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5283, 55.3116, 48.1031)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC8AE #B8AEC8

analogous

#C8C5AE #BEC8AE #B1C8AE

triadic

#BEC8AE #AEBEC8 #C8AEBE

tetradic

#BEC8AE #AEC8C5 #B8AEC8 #C8AEB1

square

#BEC8AE #AEC8C5 #B8AEC8 #C8AEB1

split-complementary

#BEC8AE #AEB1C8 #C5AEC8

monochromatic

#839666 #A1AF8A #BEC8AE #DBE1D2 #F0F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BEC8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#BEC8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC8AE

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC8AE	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.037 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8c6',
    500: '#bec8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec8ae;
$custom-light: #d1d8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.077,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81794,
    "c": 0.03721,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC8AE

secondary

#8A7E9C

accent

#489D69

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC8AE

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

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