#BDB683#BDB683

#BDB683 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.069 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB683
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 131)
HSL	hsl(53, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 30.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -5.47, 26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 27.47, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0134 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.069 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8113, 45.9143, 28.1281)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB683 #838ABD

analogous

#BD9983 #BDB683 #A7BD83

triadic

#BDB683 #83BDB6 #B683BD

tetradic

#BDB683 #83BD99 #838ABD #BD83A7

square

#BDB683 #83BD99 #838ABD #BD83A7

split-complementary

#BDB683 #83A7BD #9983BD

monochromatic

#817A45 #A89E5B #BDB683 #D2CEAB #E8E5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB683 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BDB683 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB683

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB683	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB683	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb683;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.069 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cba7',
    500: '#bdb683',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb683;
$custom-light: #d1cba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb683",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76955,
    "c": 0.06866,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB683

secondary

#C3C6D8

accent

#49A93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB683

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

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