#BDB189#BDB189

#BDB189 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.056 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB189
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 137)
HSL	hsl(46, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 27.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -2.02, 22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 22.15, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0033 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.056 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2240, 44.0702, 29.9969)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB189 #8995BD

analogous

#BD9789 #BDB189 #AFBD89

triadic

#BDB189 #89BDB1 #B189BD

tetradic

#BDB189 #89BD97 #8995BD #BD89AF

square

#BDB189 #89BD97 #8995BD #BD89AF

split-complementary

#BDB189 #89AFBD #9789BD

monochromatic

#837549 #A79762 #BDB189 #D3CBB0 #E9E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BDB189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB189

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB189	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAF86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.056 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8ab',
    500: '#bdb189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb189;
$custom-light: #d1c8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 28.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76032,
    "c": 0.05593,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB189

secondary

#C8CCDA

accent

#57A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB189

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

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