#BDB494#BDB494

#BDB494 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.045 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB494
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 148)
HSL	hsl(47, 24%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 22%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 21.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -2.05, 17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 17.62, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0033 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.045 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6527, 45.6002, 34.5661)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB494 #949DBD

analogous

#BD9F94 #BDB494 #B1BD94

triadic

#BDB494 #94BDB4 #B494BD

tetradic

#BDB494 #94BD9F #949DBD #BD94B1

square

#BDB494 #94BD9F #949DBD #BD94B1

split-complementary

#BDB494 #94B1BD #9F94BD

monochromatic

#857A52 #A6996E #BDB494 #D4CFBA #ECE9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BDB494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB494

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB494	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.045 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cab3',
    500: '#bdb494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb494;
$custom-light: #d1cab3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 23.699,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76901,
    "c": 0.04493,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB494

secondary

#D0D3DD

accent

#58A243

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB494

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

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