#BDB181#BDB181

#BDB181 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.066 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB181
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 129)
HSL	hsl(48, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 31.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -3.08, 26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 26.34, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0066 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.066 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6713, 43.8491, 27.0859)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB181 #818DBD

analogous

#BD9381 #BDB181 #ABBD81

triadic

#BDB181 #81BDB1 #B181BD

tetradic

#BDB181 #81BD93 #818DBD #BD81AB

square

#BDB181 #81BD93 #818DBD #BD81AB

split-complementary

#BDB181 #81ABBD #9381BD

monochromatic

#807443 #A89859 #BDB181 #D2CAA9 #E7E3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BDB181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB181

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB181	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAE7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.066 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a6',
    500: '#bdb181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb181;
$custom-light: #d1c8a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75867,
    "c": 0.06583,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB181

secondary

#C2C6D8

accent

#52AA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB181

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

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