#BDB486#BDB486

#BDB486 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.063 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB486
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 134)
HSL	hsl(50, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 29.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -4.02, 24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 25.00, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0091 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.063 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6109, 45.1835, 29.0789)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB486 #868FBD

analogous

#BD9886 #BDB486 #AABD86

triadic

#BDB486 #86BDB4 #B486BD

tetradic

#BDB486 #86BD98 #868FBD #BD86AA

square

#BDB486 #86BD98 #868FBD #BD86AA

split-complementary

#BDB486 #86AABD #9886BD

monochromatic

#827847 #A79B5E #BDB486 #D3CDAE #E8E5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BDB486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB486

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB486	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.063 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caa9',
    500: '#bdb486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb486;
$custom-light: #d1caa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76596,
    "c": 0.06272,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB486

secondary

#C6C9D9

accent

#4FA83D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB486

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

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