#BDB495#BDB495

#BDB495 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.044 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB495
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 149)
HSL	hsl(47, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 21.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -1.90, 16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 17.10, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0028 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.044 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7322, 45.6320, 34.9847)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB495 #959EBD

analogous

#BDA095 #BDB495 #B2BD95

triadic

#BDB495 #95BDB4 #B495BD

tetradic

#BDB495 #95BDA0 #959EBD #BD95B2

square

#BDB495 #95BDA0 #959EBD #BD95B2

split-complementary

#BDB495 #95B2BD #A095BD

monochromatic

#857A53 #A6996F #BDB495 #D4CFBB #ECE9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BDB495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB495

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB495	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.044 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cab4',
    500: '#bdb495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb495;
$custom-light: #d1cab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 23.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76924,
    "c": 0.04364,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB495

secondary

#D0D3DD

accent

#59A244

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB495

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

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