#BEC9AF#BEC9AF

#BEC9AF is a very light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.038 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9AF
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 175)
HSL	hsl(85, 19%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(85, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 12.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -8.43, 11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 14.44, 125.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.022 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.038 126)
XYZ	xyz(49.8585, 55.8155, 48.6959)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9AF #BAAFC9

analogous

#C9C7AF #BEC9AF #B1C9AF

triadic

#BEC9AF #AFBEC9 #C9AFBE

tetradic

#BEC9AF #AFC9C7 #BAAFC9 #C9AFB1

square

#BEC9AF #AFC9C7 #BAAFC9 #C9AFB1

split-complementary

#BEC9AF #AFB1C9 #C7AFC9

monochromatic

#839766 #A0B08A #BEC9AF #DCE2D4 #F0F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BEC9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#BEC9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9AF

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9AF	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)

#CCC5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.038 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9c6',
    500: '#bec9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9af;
$custom-light: #d1d9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.385,
    "s": 19.403,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82029,
    "c": 0.03754,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.55816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9AF

secondary

#8C7F9D

accent

#489E6C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9AF

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

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