#BDB698#BDB698

#BDB698 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.042 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB698
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 152)
HSL	hsl(49, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 19.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -2.51, 16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 16.38, 98.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0046 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.042 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3815, 46.5424, 36.3980)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB698 #989FBD

analogous

#BDA498 #BDB698 #B2BD98

triadic

#BDB698 #98BDB6 #B698BD

tetradic

#BDB698 #98BDA4 #989FBD #BD98B2

square

#BDB698 #98BDA4 #989FBD #BD98B2

split-complementary

#BDB698 #98B2BD #A498BD

monochromatic

#857C55 #A59C73 #BDB698 #D5D0BD #EDEBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDB698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BDB698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB698

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB698	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.042 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbb6',
    500: '#bdb698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb698;
$custom-light: #d1cbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 21.893,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7741,
    "c": 0.04183,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB698

secondary

#D2D5DE

accent

#56A045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB698

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

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