#BEC9AB#BEC9AB

#BEC9AB is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.043 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9AB
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 171)
HSL	hsl(82, 22%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(82, 15%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 14.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -9.09, 13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 16.47, 123.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0237 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.043 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4715, 55.6607, 46.6575)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9AB #B6ABC9

analogous

#C9C5AB #BEC9AB #AFC9AB

triadic

#BEC9AB #ABBEC9 #C9ABBE

tetradic

#BEC9AB #ABC9C5 #B6ABC9 #C9ABAF

square

#BEC9AB #ABC9C5 #B6ABC9 #C9ABAF

split-complementary

#BEC9AB #ABAFC9 #C5ABC9

monochromatic

#849862 #A1B186 #BEC9AB #DBE1D0 #F1F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BEC9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#BEC9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9AB

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9AB	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.043 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9c4',
    500: '#bec9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9ab;
$custom-light: #d1d9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8193,
    "c": 0.04266,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9AB

secondary

#877B9E

accent

#45A067

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9AB

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

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