#BDB69C#BDB69C

#BDB69C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.037 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB69C
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 156)
HSL	hsl(47, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 17.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -1.90, 14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 14.27, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.003 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.037 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7146, 46.6757, 38.1525)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB69C #9CA3BD

analogous

#BDA59C #BDB69C #B3BD9C

triadic

#BDB69C #9CBDB6 #B69CBD

tetradic

#BDB69C #9CBDA5 #9CA3BD #BD9CB3

square

#BDB69C #9CBDA5 #9CA3BD #BD9CB3

split-complementary

#BDB69C #9CB3BD #A59CBD

monochromatic

#867C59 #A59B77 #BDB69C #D5D1C1 #EEECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB69C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BDB69C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB69C

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB69C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB69C	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb69c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.037 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbb9',
    500: '#bdb69c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb69c;
$custom-light: #d1cbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb69c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77506,
    "c": 0.0366,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB69C

secondary

#D5D7E0

accent

#5A9E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB69C

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

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