#BDB496#BDB496

#BDB496 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.042 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB496
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(46, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -1.75, 16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 16.57, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0024 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.042 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8124, 45.6641, 35.4070)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB496 #969FBD

analogous

#BDA196 #BDB496 #B3BD96

triadic

#BDB496 #96BDB4 #B496BD

tetradic

#BDB496 #96BDA1 #969FBD #BD96B3

square

#BDB496 #96BDA1 #969FBD #BD96B3

split-complementary

#BDB496 #96B3BD #A196BD

monochromatic

#857A54 #A59970 #BDB496 #D5CFBC #ECEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BDB496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB496

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB496	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)

#BBB294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.042 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cab5',
    500: '#bdb496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb496;
$custom-light: #d1cab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76947,
    "c": 0.04235,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB496

secondary

#D1D4DE

accent

#5AA144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB496

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

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