#BDB481#BDB481

#BDB481 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.069 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB481
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 31.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -4.67, 27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 27.62, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0112 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.069 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2704, 45.0473, 27.2856)
Luminance	0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB481 #818ABD

analogous

#BD9681 #BDB481 #A8BD81

triadic

#BDB481 #81BDB4 #B481BD

tetradic

#BDB481 #81BD96 #818ABD #BD81A8

square

#BDB481 #81BD96 #818ABD #BD81A8

split-complementary

#BDB481 #81A8BD #9681BD

monochromatic

#807743 #A89C59 #BDB481 #D2CCA9 #E7E4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BDB481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB481

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB481	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)

#BEB17E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.069 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caa6',
    500: '#bdb481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb481;
$custom-light: #d1caa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76496,
    "c": 0.06893,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB481

secondary

#C2C5D8

accent

#4CAA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB481

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

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