#BDB291#BDB291

#BDB291 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.047 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB291
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 145)
HSL	hsl(45, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 23.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -1.42, 18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 18.37, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0015 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.047 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0175, 44.7048, 33.1980)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB291 #919CBD

analogous

#BD9C91 #BDB291 #B2BD91

triadic

#BDB291 #91BDB2 #B291BD

tetradic

#BDB291 #91BD9C #919CBD #BD91B2

square

#BDB291 #91BD9C #919CBD #BD91B2

split-complementary

#BDB291 #91B2BD #9C91BD

monochromatic

#84774F #A6976B #BDB291 #D4CDB7 #EBE8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BDB291 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB291

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB291	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB08F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.047 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9b1',
    500: '#bdb291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb291;
$custom-light: #d1c9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76417,
    "c": 0.0468,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB291

secondary

#CED1DC

accent

#5AA442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F5

border

#D2D1CF

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB291

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

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