#BDB283#BDB283

#BDB283 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.064 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB283
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 131)
HSL	hsl(49, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 30.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -3.35, 25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 25.71, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0073 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.064 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0038, 44.2993, 27.8590)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB283 #838EBD

analogous

#BD9583 #BDB283 #ABBD83

triadic

#BDB283 #83BDB2 #B283BD

tetradic

#BDB283 #83BD95 #838EBD #BD83AB

square

#BDB283 #83BD95 #838EBD #BD83AB

split-complementary

#BDB283 #83ABBD #9583BD

monochromatic

#817645 #A8995B #BDB283 #D2CBAB #E8E4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB283 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BDB283 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB283

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB283	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB283	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAF80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb283;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.064 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a7',
    500: '#bdb283',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb283;
$custom-light: #d1c8a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb283",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76116,
    "c": 0.06438,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB283

secondary

#C3C7D8

accent

#51A93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB283

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

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