#BDB182#BDB182

#BDB182 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.065 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB182
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 130)
HSL	hsl(48, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 31.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -2.95, 25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 25.82, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0062 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.065 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7381, 43.8759, 27.4377)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB182 #828EBD

analogous

#BD9482 #BDB182 #ABBD82

triadic

#BDB182 #82BDB1 #B182BD

tetradic

#BDB182 #82BD94 #828EBD #BD82AB

square

#BDB182 #82BD94 #828EBD #BD82AB

split-complementary

#BDB182 #82ABBD #9482BD

monochromatic

#817444 #A8985A #BDB182 #D2CAAA #E7E3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BDB182 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB182

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB182	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)

#BBAF7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.065 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a6',
    500: '#bdb182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb182;
$custom-light: #d1c8a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 30.89,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75887,
    "c": 0.06461,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB182

secondary

#C3C7D8

accent

#52AA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB182

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

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