#BDB184#BDB184

#BDB184 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.062 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB184
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 132)
HSL	hsl(47, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 30.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -2.69, 24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 24.77, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0054 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.062 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8736, 43.9301, 28.1515)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB184 #8490BD

analogous

#BD9484 #BDB184 #ADBD84

triadic

#BDB184 #84BDB1 #B184BD

tetradic

#BDB184 #84BD94 #8490BD #BD84AD

square

#BDB184 #84BD94 #8490BD #BD84AD

split-complementary

#BDB184 #84ADBD #9484BD

monochromatic

#817545 #A8985C #BDB184 #D2CAAC #E8E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BDB184 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB184

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB184	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAF81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.062 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a8',
    500: '#bdb184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb184;
$custom-light: #d1c8a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 30.159,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75928,
    "c": 0.06214,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB184

secondary

#C4C8D9

accent

#53A93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB184

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

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