#BDB596#BDB596

#BDB596 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.043 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB596
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(48, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -2.28, 16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 17.00, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0039 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.043 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0150, 46.0693, 35.4745)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB596 #969EBD

analogous

#BDA296 #BDB596 #B2BD96

triadic

#BDB596 #96BDB5 #B596BD

tetradic

#BDB596 #96BDA2 #969EBD #BD96B2

square

#BDB596 #96BDA2 #969EBD #BD96B2

split-complementary

#BDB596 #96B2BD #A296BD

monochromatic

#857B54 #A59B70 #BDB596 #D5CFBC #ECEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BDB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB596

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB596	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)

#BCB394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.043 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbb5',
    500: '#bdb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb596;
$custom-light: #d1cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77155,
    "c": 0.04337,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB596

secondary

#D1D4DE

accent

#57A144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB596

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

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