#BDB586#BDB586

#BDB586 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.064 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB586
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 134)
HSL	hsl(51, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 29.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -4.54, 25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 25.44, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0106 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.064 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8135, 45.5887, 29.1465)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB586 #868EBD

analogous

#BD9986 #BDB586 #A9BD86

triadic

#BDB586 #86BDB5 #B586BD

tetradic

#BDB586 #86BD99 #868EBD #BD86A9

square

#BDB586 #86BD99 #868EBD #BD86A9

split-complementary

#BDB586 #86A9BD #9986BD

monochromatic

#827947 #A79D5E #BDB586 #D3CDAE #E8E5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BDB586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB586

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB586	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)

#BEB283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.064 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cba9',
    500: '#bdb586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb586;
$custom-light: #d1cba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76805,
    "c": 0.06381,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB586

secondary

#C6C8D9

accent

#4DA83D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB586

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

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