#BDB48B#BDB48B

#BDB48B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.056 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB48B
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 139)
HSL	hsl(49, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 26.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -3.34, 22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 22.37, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.007 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.056 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9679, 45.3263, 30.9591)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB48B #8B94BD

analogous

#BD9B8B #BDB48B #ADBD8B

triadic

#BDB48B #8BBDB4 #B48BBD

tetradic

#BDB48B #8BBD9B #8B94BD #BD8BAD

square

#BDB48B #8BBD9B #8B94BD #BD8BAD

split-complementary

#BDB48B #8BADBD #9B8BBD

monochromatic

#83794B #A79B64 #BDB48B #D3CDB2 #E9E6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB48B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BDB48B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB48B

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB48B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB48B	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB58C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb48b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.056 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caad',
    500: '#bdb48b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb48b;
$custom-light: #d1caad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb48b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.767,
    "c": 0.05643,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB48B

secondary

#C9CCDB

accent

#52A63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB48B

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

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