#BDB585#BDB585

#BDB585 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.065 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB585
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 29.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -4.68, 25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 25.97, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.011 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.065 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7441, 45.5609, 28.7809)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB585 #858DBD

analogous

#BD9985 #BDB585 #A9BD85

triadic

#BDB585 #85BDB5 #B585BD

tetradic

#BDB585 #85BD99 #858DBD #BD85A9

square

#BDB585 #85BD99 #858DBD #BD85A9

split-complementary

#BDB585 #85A9BD #9985BD

monochromatic

#827946 #A89D5D #BDB585 #D2CDAD #E8E5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BDB585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB585

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB585	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.065 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cba9',
    500: '#bdb585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb585;
$custom-light: #d1cba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76785,
    "c": 0.06506,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB585

secondary

#C5C8D9

accent

#4CA83D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB585

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

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