#BDB59A#BDB59A

#BDB59A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.038 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB59A
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 154)
HSL	hsl(46, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 18.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -1.68, 14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 14.89, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0023 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.038 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3426, 46.2004, 37.1999)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB59A #9AA2BD

analogous

#BDA49A #BDB59A #B4BD9A

triadic

#BDB59A #9ABDB5 #B59ABD

tetradic

#BDB59A #9ABDA4 #9AA2BD #BD9AB4

square

#BDB59A #9ABDA4 #9AA2BD #BD9AB4

split-complementary

#BDB59A #9AB4BD #A49ABD

monochromatic

#857B57 #A59A75 #BDB59A #D5D0BF #EDEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BDB59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB59A

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB59A	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.038 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbb7',
    500: '#bdb59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb59a;
$custom-light: #d1cbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 20.958,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7725,
    "c": 0.03818,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB59A

secondary

#D4D6DF

accent

#5B9F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB59A

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

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