#BDB381#BDB381

#BDB381 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.068 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB381
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 31.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -4.14, 26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 27.19, 98.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0097 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.068 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0692, 44.6450, 27.2185)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB381 #818BBD

analogous

#BD9581 #BDB381 #A9BD81

triadic

#BDB381 #81BDB3 #B381BD

tetradic

#BDB381 #81BD95 #818BBD #BD81A9

square

#BDB381 #81BD95 #818BBD #BD81A9

split-complementary

#BDB381 #81A9BD #9581BD

monochromatic

#807643 #A89B59 #BDB381 #D2CBA9 #E7E3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BDB381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB381

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB381	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB07E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.068 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9a6',
    500: '#bdb381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb381;
$custom-light: #d1c9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76286,
    "c": 0.06787,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB381

secondary

#C2C6D8

accent

#4EAA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB381

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

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