#BDB393#BDB393

#BDB393 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.045 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB393
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 147)
HSL	hsl(46, 24%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 22%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 22.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -1.66, 17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 17.73, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0021 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.045 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3728, 45.1664, 34.0840)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB393 #939DBD

analogous

#BD9E93 #BDB393 #B2BD93

triadic

#BDB393 #93BDB3 #B393BD

tetradic

#BDB393 #93BD9E #939DBD #BD93B2

square

#BDB393 #93BD9E #939DBD #BD93B2

split-complementary

#BDB393 #93B2BD #9E93BD

monochromatic

#857851 #A6986D #BDB393 #D4CEB9 #EBE8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB393 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BDB393 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB393

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB393	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB393	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb393;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.045 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9b2',
    500: '#bdb393',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb393;
$custom-light: #d1c9b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb393",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7667,
    "c": 0.04522,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB393

secondary

#CFD2DD

accent

#5AA343

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB393

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

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