#BDB386#BDB386

#BDB386 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.062 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB386
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 134)
HSL	hsl(49, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 29.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -3.49, 24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 24.56, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0076 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.062 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4097, 44.7812, 29.0119)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB386 #8690BD

analogous

#BD9786 #BDB386 #ABBD86

triadic

#BDB386 #86BDB3 #B386BD

tetradic

#BDB386 #86BD97 #8690BD #BD86AB

square

#BDB386 #86BD97 #8690BD #BD86AB

split-complementary

#BDB386 #86ABBD #9786BD

monochromatic

#827747 #A79A5E #BDB386 #D3CCAE #E8E5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB386 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BDB386 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB386

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB386	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB386	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb386;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.062 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9a9',
    500: '#bdb386',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb386;
$custom-light: #d1c9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb386",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76386,
    "c": 0.06168,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB386

secondary

#C6C9D9

accent

#51A83D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB386

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

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