#BDB286#BDB286

#BDB286 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.061 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB286
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 134)
HSL	hsl(48, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 29.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -2.96, 23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 24.14, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.006 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.061 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2101, 44.3818, 28.9453)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB286 #8691BD

analogous

#BD9686 #BDB286 #ACBD86

triadic

#BDB286 #86BDB2 #B286BD

tetradic

#BDB286 #86BD96 #8691BD #BD86AC

square

#BDB286 #86BD96 #8691BD #BD86AC

split-complementary

#BDB286 #86ACBD #9686BD

monochromatic

#827647 #A7995E #BDB286 #D3CBAE #E8E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB286 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BDB286 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB286

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB286	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB286	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb286;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.061 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a9',
    500: '#bdb286',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb286;
$custom-light: #d1c8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb286",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76177,
    "c": 0.06065,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB286

secondary

#C6CAD9

accent

#53A83D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB286

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

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