#BDB490#BDB490

#BDB490 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.050 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB490
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 144)
HSL	hsl(48, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 23.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -2.63, 19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 19.73, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0049 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.05 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3416, 45.4758, 32.9274)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB490 #9099BD

analogous

#BD9D90 #BDB490 #AFBD90

triadic

#BDB490 #90BDB4 #B490BD

tetradic

#BDB490 #90BD9D #9099BD #BD90AF

square

#BDB490 #90BD9D #9099BD #BD90AF

split-complementary

#BDB490 #90AFBD #9D90BD

monochromatic

#84794F #A69A6A #BDB490 #D4CEB6 #EBE8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BDB490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB490

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB490	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB28E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.050 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cab0',
    500: '#bdb490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb490;
$custom-light: #d1cab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 25.424,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7681,
    "c": 0.05006,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB490

secondary

#CDD0DC

accent

#55A442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB490

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

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