#BDB18D#BDB18D

#BDB18D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.051 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB18D
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 141)
HSL	hsl(45, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -1.46, 20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 20.06, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0016 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.051 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5163, 44.1871, 31.5361)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB18D #8D99BD

analogous

#BD998D #BDB18D #B1BD8D

triadic

#BDB18D #8DBDB1 #B18DBD

tetradic

#BDB18D #8DBD99 #8D99BD #BD8DB1

square

#BDB18D #8DBD99 #8D99BD #BD8DB1

split-complementary

#BDB18D #8DB1BD #998DBD

monochromatic

#83764C #A79666 #BDB18D #D3CCB4 #EAE6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB18D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BDB18D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB18D

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB18D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB18D	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb18d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.051 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8ae',
    500: '#bdb18d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb18d;
$custom-light: #d1c8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb18d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76119,
    "c": 0.05092,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB18D

secondary

#CBCFDB

accent

#5AA540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB18D

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

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