#BDB686#BDB686

#BDB686 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.065 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB686
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 134)
HSL	hsl(52, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 29.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -5.07, 25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 25.89, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0121 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.065 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0176, 45.9968, 29.2145)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB686 #868DBD

analogous

#BD9A86 #BDB686 #A8BD86

triadic

#BDB686 #86BDB6 #B686BD

tetradic

#BDB686 #86BD9A #868DBD #BD86A8

square

#BDB686 #86BD9A #868DBD #BD86A8

split-complementary

#BDB686 #86A8BD #9A86BD

monochromatic

#827A47 #A79E5E #BDB686 #D3CEAE #E8E6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BDB686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB686

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB686	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.065 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cba9',
    500: '#bdb686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb686;
$custom-light: #d1cba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77015,
    "c": 0.06492,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB686

secondary

#C6C8D9

accent

#4BA83D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB686

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

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