#BDB491#BDB491

#BDB491 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.049 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB491
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 145)
HSL	hsl(48, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 23.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -2.49, 19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 19.21, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0045 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.049 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4184, 45.5065, 33.3317)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB491 #919ABD

analogous

#BD9E91 #BDB491 #B0BD91

triadic

#BDB491 #91BDB4 #B491BD

tetradic

#BDB491 #91BD9E #919ABD #BD91B0

square

#BDB491 #91BD9E #919ABD #BD91B0

split-complementary

#BDB491 #91B0BD #9E91BD

monochromatic

#84794F #A69A6B #BDB491 #D4CEB7 #EBE8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BDB491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB491

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB491	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)

#BBB28F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.049 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cab1',
    500: '#bdb491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb491;
$custom-light: #d1cab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76832,
    "c": 0.04878,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB491

secondary

#CED1DC

accent

#56A442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F5

border

#D2D1CF

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB491

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

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