#BDB699#BDB699

#BDB699 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.041 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB699
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 153)
HSL	hsl(48, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -2.36, 15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 15.85, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0042 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.041 96)
XYZ	xyz(43.4637, 46.5753, 36.8311)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB699 #99A0BD

analogous

#BDA499 #BDB699 #B2BD99

triadic

#BDB699 #99BDB6 #B699BD

tetradic

#BDB699 #99BDA4 #99A0BD #BD99B2

square

#BDB699 #99BDA4 #99A0BD #BD99B2

split-complementary

#BDB699 #99B2BD #A499BD

monochromatic

#857C56 #A59B74 #BDB699 #D5D1BE #EDEBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDB699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BDB699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB699

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB699	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.041 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbb7',
    500: '#bdb699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb699;
$custom-light: #d1cbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77433,
    "c": 0.04052,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.46575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB699

secondary

#D3D5DF

accent

#57A046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB699

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

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