#BDB183#BDB183

#BDB183 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.063 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB183
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 131)
HSL	hsl(48, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 30.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -2.82, 25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 25.30, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0058 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.063 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8055, 43.9028, 27.7929)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB183 #838FBD

analogous

#BD9483 #BDB183 #ACBD83

triadic

#BDB183 #83BDB1 #B183BD

tetradic

#BDB183 #83BD94 #838FBD #BD83AC

square

#BDB183 #83BD94 #838FBD #BD83AC

split-complementary

#BDB183 #83ACBD #9483BD

monochromatic

#817445 #A8985B #BDB183 #D2CAAB #E8E3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BDB183 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB183

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB183	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAF80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.063 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a7',
    500: '#bdb183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb183;
$custom-light: #d1c8a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75907,
    "c": 0.06337,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB183

secondary

#C3C8D8

accent

#53A93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB183

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

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