#BDB38F#BDB38F

#BDB38F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.050 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB38F
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 143)
HSL	hsl(47, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 24.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -2.24, 19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 19.83, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0038 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.05 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0644, 45.0431, 32.4596)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB38F #8F99BD

analogous

#BD9C8F #BDB38F #B0BD8F

triadic

#BDB38F #8FBDB3 #B38FBD

tetradic

#BDB38F #8FBD9C #8F99BD #BD8FB0

square

#BDB38F #8FBD9C #8F99BD #BD8FB0

split-complementary

#BDB38F #8FB0BD #9C8FBD

monochromatic

#84784E #A69968 #BDB38F #D4CDB6 #EAE7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB38F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BDB38F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB38F

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB38F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB38F	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB18D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb38f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.050 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9b0',
    500: '#bdb38f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb38f;
$custom-light: #d1c9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb38f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 25.843,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76579,
    "c": 0.05032,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB38F

secondary

#CCCFDC

accent

#57A441

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB38F

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

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