#BDB59C#BDB59C

#BDB59C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.036 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB59C
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 156)
HSL	hsl(45, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 17.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -1.37, 13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 13.84, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0014 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.036 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5106, 46.2675, 38.0845)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB59C #9CA4BD

analogous

#BDA59C #BDB59C #B4BD9C

triadic

#BDB59C #9CBDB5 #B59CBD

tetradic

#BDB59C #9CBDA5 #9CA4BD #BD9CB4

square

#BDB59C #9CBDA5 #9CA4BD #BD9CB4

split-complementary

#BDB59C #9CB4BD #A59CBD

monochromatic

#867B59 #A59A77 #BDB59C #D5D0C1 #EEECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BDB59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB59C

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB59C	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)

#BBB49B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.036 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbb9',
    500: '#bdb59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb59c;
$custom-light: #d1cbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77298,
    "c": 0.03558,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB59C

secondary

#D5D8E0

accent

#5C9E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB59C

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

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