#BDB388#BDB388

#BDB388 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.059 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB388
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 136)
HSL	hsl(49, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 28%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -3.22, 23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 23.51, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0067 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.059 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5506, 44.8375, 29.7535)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB388 #8892BD

analogous

#BD9888 #BDB388 #ACBD88

triadic

#BDB388 #88BDB3 #B388BD

tetradic

#BDB388 #88BD98 #8892BD #BD88AC

square

#BDB388 #88BD98 #8892BD #BD88AC

split-complementary

#BDB388 #88ACBD #9888BD

monochromatic

#827748 #A79A61 #BDB388 #D3CCAF #E9E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB388 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BDB388 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB388

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB388	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB388	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb388;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.059 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9ab',
    500: '#bdb388',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb388;
$custom-light: #d1c9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb388",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 28.649,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76428,
    "c": 0.05917,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB388

secondary

#C7CBDA

accent

#52A73E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB388

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

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