#BEC9AE#BEC9AE

#BEC9AE is a very light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.039 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9AE
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 174)
HSL	hsl(84, 20%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(84, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 13.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -8.60, 12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 14.95, 125.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0224 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.039 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7607, 55.7763, 48.1806)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9AE #B9AEC9

analogous

#C9C6AE #BEC9AE #B0C9AE

triadic

#BEC9AE #AEBEC9 #C9AEBE

tetradic

#BEC9AE #AEC9C6 #B9AEC9 #C9AEB0

square

#BEC9AE #AEC9C6 #B9AEC9 #C9AEB0

split-complementary

#BEC9AE #AEB0C9 #C6AEC9

monochromatic

#839865 #A1B189 #BEC9AE #DBE1D3 #F0F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BEC9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#BEC9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9AE

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9AE	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.039 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9c6',
    500: '#bec9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9ae;
$custom-light: #d1d9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.444,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82004,
    "c": 0.03881,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9AE

secondary

#8B7E9D

accent

#479E6B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9AE

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

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