#BDB489#BDB489

#BDB489 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.059 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB489
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 137)
HSL	hsl(50, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 27.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -3.61, 23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 23.42, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0078 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.059 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8231, 45.2684, 30.1966)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB489 #8992BD

analogous

#BD9A89 #BDB489 #ACBD89

triadic

#BDB489 #89BDB4 #B489BD

tetradic

#BDB489 #89BD9A #8992BD #BD89AC

square

#BDB489 #89BD9A #8992BD #BD89AC

split-complementary

#BDB489 #89ACBD #9A89BD

monochromatic

#837949 #A79B62 #BDB489 #D3CDB0 #E9E6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BDB489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB489

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB489	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)

#BDB186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.059 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caab',
    500: '#bdb489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb489;
$custom-light: #d1caab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 28.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76658,
    "c": 0.05895,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB489

secondary

#C8CBDA

accent

#51A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB489

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

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