#BDB588#BDB588

#BDB588 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.061 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB588
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 136)
HSL	hsl(51, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 28%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -4.28, 24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 24.39, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0098 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.061 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9543, 45.6450, 29.8881)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB588 #8890BD

analogous

#BD9A88 #BDB588 #AABD88

triadic

#BDB588 #88BDB5 #B588BD

tetradic

#BDB588 #88BD9A #8890BD #BD88AA

square

#BDB588 #88BD9A #8890BD #BD88AA

split-complementary

#BDB588 #88AABD #9A88BD

monochromatic

#827A48 #A79D61 #BDB588 #D3CDAF #E9E6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BDB588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB588

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB588	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)

#BEB285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B68A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.061 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbab',
    500: '#bdb588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb588;
$custom-light: #d1cbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 28.649,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76846,
    "c": 0.0613,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB588

secondary

#C7CADA

accent

#4EA73E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB588

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

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