#BDB59D#BDB59D

#BDB59D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.034 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB59D
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 157)
HSL	hsl(45, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -1.21, 13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 13.31, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.001 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.034 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5956, 46.3015, 38.5323)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB59D #9DA5BD

analogous

#BDA59D #BDB59D #B5BD9D

triadic

#BDB59D #9DBDB5 #B59DBD

tetradic

#BDB59D #9DBDA5 #9DA5BD #BD9DB5

square

#BDB59D #9DBDA5 #9DA5BD #BD9DB5

split-complementary

#BDB59D #9DB5BD #A59DBD

monochromatic

#867B5A #A49978 #BDB59D #D6D1C2 #EEECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BDB59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB59D

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB59D	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.034 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbba',
    500: '#bdb59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb59d;
$custom-light: #d1cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77323,
    "c": 0.03429,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB59D

secondary

#D6D8E0

accent

#5D9E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB59D

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

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