#BDB595#BDB595

#BDB595 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.045 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB595
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 149)
HSL	hsl(48, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 21.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -2.43, 17.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 17.53, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0044 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.045 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9348, 46.0372, 35.0523)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB595 #959DBD

analogous

#BDA195 #BDB595 #B1BD95

triadic

#BDB595 #95BDB5 #B595BD

tetradic

#BDB595 #95BDA1 #959DBD #BD95B1

square

#BDB595 #95BDA1 #959DBD #BD95B1

split-complementary

#BDB595 #95B1BD #A195BD

monochromatic

#857B53 #A69B6F #BDB595 #D4CFBB #ECEAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BDB595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB595

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB595	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.045 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbb4',
    500: '#bdb595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb595;
$custom-light: #d1cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 23.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77132,
    "c": 0.04466,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB595

secondary

#D0D3DD

accent

#57A244

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB595

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

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