#BDB697#BDB697

#BDB697 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.043 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB697
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 151)
HSL	hsl(49, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -2.67, 16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 16.91, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.005 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.043 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2999, 46.5098, 35.9684)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB697 #979EBD

analogous

#BDA397 #BDB697 #B1BD97

triadic

#BDB697 #97BDB6 #B697BD

tetradic

#BDB697 #97BDA3 #979EBD #BD97B1

square

#BDB697 #97BDA3 #979EBD #BD97B1

split-complementary

#BDB697 #97B1BD #A397BD

monochromatic

#857C54 #A59C72 #BDB697 #D5D0BC #EDEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDB697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BDB697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB697

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB697	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.043 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbb5',
    500: '#bdb697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb697;
$custom-light: #d1cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77386,
    "c": 0.04314,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB697

secondary

#D2D4DE

accent

#56A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB697

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

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