#BDB28D#BDB28D

#BDB28D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.052 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB28D
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 141)
HSL	hsl(46, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -2.00, 20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 20.47, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0031 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.052 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7145, 44.5836, 31.6022)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB28D #8D98BD

analogous

#BD9A8D #BDB28D #B0BD8D

triadic

#BDB28D #8DBDB2 #B28DBD

tetradic

#BDB28D #8DBD9A #8D98BD #BD8DB0

square

#BDB28D #8DBD9A #8D98BD #BD8DB0

split-complementary

#BDB28D #8DB0BD #9A8DBD

monochromatic

#83774C #A79866 #BDB28D #D3CCB4 #EAE6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB28D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BDB28D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB28D

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB28D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB28D	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB08B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb28d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.052 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9ae',
    500: '#bdb28d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb28d;
$custom-light: #d1c9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb28d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76327,
    "c": 0.05186,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB28D

secondary

#CBCEDB

accent

#57A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB28D

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

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