#BDB287#BDB287

#BDB287 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.059 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB287
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 135)
HSL	hsl(48, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 28.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -2.82, 23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 23.62, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0056 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.059 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2801, 44.4099, 29.3144)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB287 #8792BD

analogous

#BD9787 #BDB287 #ADBD87

triadic

#BDB287 #87BDB2 #B287BD

tetradic

#BDB287 #87BD97 #8792BD #BD87AD

square

#BDB287 #87BD97 #8792BD #BD87AD

split-complementary

#BDB287 #87ADBD #9787BD

monochromatic

#827648 #A79960 #BDB287 #D3CBAE #E8E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB287 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BDB287 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB287

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB287	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB287	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)

#BBB084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb287;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.059 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8aa',
    500: '#bdb287',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb287;
$custom-light: #d1c8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb287",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.778,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76198,
    "c": 0.05941,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB287

secondary

#C6CAD9

accent

#53A83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB287

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

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