#BDB59B#BDB59B

#BDB59B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.037 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB59B
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 155)
HSL	hsl(46, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 18%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -1.52, 14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 14.37, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0019 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.037 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4263, 46.2338, 37.6403)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB59B #9BA3BD

analogous

#BDA49B #BDB59B #B4BD9B

triadic

#BDB59B #9BBDB5 #B59BBD

tetradic

#BDB59B #9BBDA4 #9BA3BD #BD9BB4

square

#BDB59B #9BBDA4 #9BA3BD #BD9BB4

split-complementary

#BDB59B #9BB4BD #A49BBD

monochromatic

#857B58 #A59A76 #BDB59B #D5D0C0 #EEECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BDB59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB59B

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB59B	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.037 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbb8',
    500: '#bdb59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb59b;
$custom-light: #d1cbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77274,
    "c": 0.03689,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB59B

secondary

#D5D7DF

accent

#5B9F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB59B

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

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