#BDB185#BDB185

#BDB185 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.061 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB185
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 133)
HSL	hsl(47, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 29.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -2.56, 24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 24.25, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0049 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.061 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9424, 43.9576, 28.5137)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB185 #8591BD

analogous

#BD9585 #BDB185 #ADBD85

triadic

#BDB185 #85BDB1 #B185BD

tetradic

#BDB185 #85BD95 #8591BD #BD85AD

square

#BDB185 #85BD95 #8591BD #BD85AD

split-complementary

#BDB185 #85ADBD #9585BD

monochromatic

#827546 #A8985D #BDB185 #D2CAAD #E8E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BDB185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB185

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB185	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#BAAF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.061 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a8',
    500: '#bdb185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb185;
$custom-light: #d1c8a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75948,
    "c": 0.0609,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB185

secondary

#C5C9D9

accent

#54A83D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB185

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

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