#BDB285#BDB285

#BDB285 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.062 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB285
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 133)
HSL	hsl(48, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 29.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -3.09, 24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 24.66, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0065 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.062 96)
XYZ	xyz(41.1406, 44.3541, 28.5797)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB285 #8590BD

analogous

#BD9685 #BDB285 #ACBD85

triadic

#BDB285 #85BDB2 #B285BD

tetradic

#BDB285 #85BD96 #8590BD #BD85AC

square

#BDB285 #85BD96 #8590BD #BD85AC

split-complementary

#BDB285 #85ACBD #9685BD

monochromatic

#827646 #A8995D #BDB285 #D2CBAD #E8E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB285 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BDB285 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB285

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB285	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB285	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb285;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.062 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a8',
    500: '#bdb285',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb285;
$custom-light: #d1c8a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb285",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76157,
    "c": 0.0619,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.44353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB285

secondary

#C5C9D9

accent

#52A83D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB285

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

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