#BDB385#BDB385

#BDB385 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.063 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB385
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 133)
HSL	hsl(49, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 29.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -3.62, 24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 25.09, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.008 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.063 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3403, 44.7534, 28.6463)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB385 #858FBD

analogous

#BD9785 #BDB385 #ABBD85

triadic

#BDB385 #85BDB3 #B385BD

tetradic

#BDB385 #85BD97 #858FBD #BD85AB

square

#BDB385 #85BD97 #858FBD #BD85AB

split-complementary

#BDB385 #85ABBD #9785BD

monochromatic

#827746 #A89A5D #BDB385 #D2CCAD #E8E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BDB385 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB385

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB385	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.063 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9a8',
    500: '#bdb385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb385;
$custom-light: #d1c9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76366,
    "c": 0.06292,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB385

secondary

#C5C8D9

accent

#50A83D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB385

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

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