#BDB593#BDB593

#BDB593 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.047 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB593
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 147)
HSL	hsl(49, 24%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 22%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 22.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -2.73, 18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 18.58, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0052 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.047 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7765, 45.9739, 34.2185)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB593 #939BBD

analogous

#BDA093 #BDB593 #B0BD93

triadic

#BDB593 #93BDB5 #B593BD

tetradic

#BDB593 #93BDA0 #939BBD #BD93B0

square

#BDB593 #93BDA0 #939BBD #BD93B0

split-complementary

#BDB593 #93B0BD #A093BD

monochromatic

#857B51 #A69B6D #BDB593 #D4CFB9 #EBE9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BDB593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB593

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB593	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.047 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbb2',
    500: '#bdb593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb593;
$custom-light: #d1cbb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77086,
    "c": 0.04726,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB593

secondary

#CFD2DD

accent

#55A343

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB593

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

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