#BDB280#BDB280

#BDB280 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.068 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB280
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 128)
HSL	hsl(49, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 32.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -3.74, 27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 27.28, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0085 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.068 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8034, 44.2192, 26.8036)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB280 #808BBD

analogous

#BD9480 #BDB280 #AABD80

triadic

#BDB280 #80BDB2 #B280BD

tetradic

#BDB280 #80BD94 #808BBD #BD80AA

square

#BDB280 #80BD94 #808BBD #BD80AA

split-complementary

#BDB280 #80AABD #9480BD

monochromatic

#807543 #A89A58 #BDB280 #D2CAA8 #E7E3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BDB280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB280

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB280	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)

#BCAF7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.068 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a5',
    500: '#bdb280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb280;
$custom-light: #d1c8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 31.606,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76056,
    "c": 0.06807,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB280

secondary

#C1C5D8

accent

#4FAA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB280

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

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