#BDB38D#BDB38D

#BDB38D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.053 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB38D
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 141)
HSL	hsl(48, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -2.53, 20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 20.88, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0047 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.053 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9142, 44.9830, 31.6688)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB38D #8D97BD

analogous

#BD9B8D #BDB38D #AFBD8D

triadic

#BDB38D #8DBDB3 #B38DBD

tetradic

#BDB38D #8DBD9B #8D97BD #BD8DAF

square

#BDB38D #8DBD9B #8D97BD #BD8DAF

split-complementary

#BDB38D #8DAFBD #9B8DBD

monochromatic

#83784C #A79966 #BDB38D #D3CDB4 #EAE7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BDB38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB38D

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB38D	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB18B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.053 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9ae',
    500: '#bdb38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb38d;
$custom-light: #d1c9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76535,
    "c": 0.05286,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB38D

secondary

#CBCEDB

accent

#55A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB38D

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

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