#BDB587#BDB587

#BDB587 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.063 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB587
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 135)
HSL	hsl(51, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 28.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -4.41, 24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 24.91, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0102 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.063 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8836, 45.6167, 29.5155)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB587 #878FBD

analogous

#BD9A87 #BDB587 #AABD87

triadic

#BDB587 #87BDB5 #B587BD

tetradic

#BDB587 #87BD9A #878FBD #BD87AA

square

#BDB587 #87BD9A #878FBD #BD87AA

split-complementary

#BDB587 #87AABD #9A87BD

monochromatic

#827948 #A79D60 #BDB587 #D3CDAE #E8E6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BDB587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB587

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB587	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	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)

#BEB284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.063 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbaa',
    500: '#bdb587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb587;
$custom-light: #d1cbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76826,
    "c": 0.06256,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB587

secondary

#C6C9D9

accent

#4EA83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB587

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

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