#BDB591#BDB591

#BDB591 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.050 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB591
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 145)
HSL	hsl(49, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 23.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -3.02, 19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 19.64, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.006 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.05 97)
XYZ	xyz(42.6210, 45.9117, 33.3992)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB591 #9199BD

analogous

#BD9F91 #BDB591 #AFBD91

triadic

#BDB591 #91BDB5 #B591BD

tetradic

#BDB591 #91BD9F #9199BD #BD91AF

square

#BDB591 #91BD9F #9199BD #BD91AF

split-complementary

#BDB591 #91AFBD #9F91BD

monochromatic

#847B4F #A69B6B #BDB591 #D4CFB7 #EBE8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BDB591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB591

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB591	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB38F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB692

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.050 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbb1',
    500: '#bdb591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb591;
$custom-light: #d1cbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77041,
    "c": 0.04983,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.45911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB591

secondary

#CED0DC

accent

#54A442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F5

border

#D2D1CF

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB591

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

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