#BDB583#BDB583

#BDB583 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.068 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB583
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 131)
HSL	hsl(52, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 30.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -4.94, 26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 27.02, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0119 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.068 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6072, 45.5062, 28.0601)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB583 #838BBD

analogous

#BD9883 #BDB583 #A8BD83

triadic

#BDB583 #83BDB5 #B583BD

tetradic

#BDB583 #83BD98 #838BBD #BD83A8

square

#BDB583 #83BD98 #838BBD #BD83A8

split-complementary

#BDB583 #83A8BD #9883BD

monochromatic

#817945 #A89D5B #BDB583 #D2CDAB #E8E5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB583 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BDB583 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB583

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB583	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB583	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)

#BEB280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb583;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.068 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cba7',
    500: '#bdb583',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb583;
$custom-light: #d1cba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb583",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76745,
    "c": 0.06755,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB583

secondary

#C3C6D8

accent

#4BA93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB583

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

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