#BDB281#BDB281

#BDB281 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.067 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB281
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 129)
HSL	hsl(49, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 31.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -3.61, 26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 26.76, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0081 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.067 97)
XYZ	xyz(40.8695, 44.2456, 27.1520)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB281 #818CBD

analogous

#BD9481 #BDB281 #AABD81

triadic

#BDB281 #81BDB2 #B281BD

tetradic

#BDB281 #81BD94 #818CBD #BD81AA

square

#BDB281 #81BD94 #818CBD #BD81AA

split-complementary

#BDB281 #81AABD #9481BD

monochromatic

#807543 #A89959 #BDB281 #D2CBA9 #E7E3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BDB281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB281

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB281	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAF7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.067 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a6',
    500: '#bdb281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb281;
$custom-light: #d1c8a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76076,
    "c": 0.06684,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.44245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB281

secondary

#C2C6D8

accent

#50AA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB281

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

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