#BDB387#BDB387

#BDB387 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.060 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB387
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 135)
HSL	hsl(49, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 28.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -3.35, 23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 24.04, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0072 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.06 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4798, 44.8092, 29.3809)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB387 #8791BD

analogous

#BD9887 #BDB387 #ACBD87

triadic

#BDB387 #87BDB3 #B387BD

tetradic

#BDB387 #87BD98 #8791BD #BD87AC

square

#BDB387 #87BD98 #8791BD #BD87AC

split-complementary

#BDB387 #87ACBD #9887BD

monochromatic

#827748 #A79A60 #BDB387 #D3CCAE #E8E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BDB387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB387

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB387	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)

#BCB084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.060 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9aa',
    500: '#bdb387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb387;
$custom-light: #d1c9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76407,
    "c": 0.06043,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB387

secondary

#C6CAD9

accent

#51A83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB387

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

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