#BDB488#BDB488

#BDB488 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.060 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB488
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 136)
HSL	hsl(50, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 28%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -3.75, 23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 23.95, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0083 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.06 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7517, 45.2398, 29.8205)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB488 #8891BD

analogous

#BD9988 #BDB488 #ABBD88

triadic

#BDB488 #88BDB4 #B488BD

tetradic

#BDB488 #88BD99 #8891BD #BD88AB

square

#BDB488 #88BD99 #8891BD #BD88AB

split-complementary

#BDB488 #88ABBD #9988BD

monochromatic

#827848 #A79B61 #BDB488 #D3CDAF #E9E6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BDB488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB488

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB488	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.060 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caab',
    500: '#bdb488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb488;
$custom-light: #d1caab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 28.649,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76637,
    "c": 0.06022,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB488

secondary

#C7CADA

accent

#50A73E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB488

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

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