#BDB69A#BDB69A

#BDB69A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.039 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB69A
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 154)
HSL	hsl(48, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 18.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -2.21, 15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 15.33, 98.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0038 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.039 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5467, 46.6085, 37.2679)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB69A #9AA1BD

analogous

#BDA59A #BDB69A #B3BD9A

triadic

#BDB69A #9ABDB6 #B69ABD

tetradic

#BDB69A #9ABDA5 #9AA1BD #BD9AB3

square

#BDB69A #9ABDA5 #9AA1BD #BD9AB3

split-complementary

#BDB69A #9AB3BD #A59ABD

monochromatic

#857C57 #A59B75 #BDB69A #D5D1BF #EDECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB69A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BDB69A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB69A

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB69A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB69A	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	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)

#BCB498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb69a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.039 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbb7',
    500: '#bdb69a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb69a;
$custom-light: #d1cbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb69a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 20.958,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77457,
    "c": 0.03921,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB69A

secondary

#D4D6DF

accent

#589F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB69A

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

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