#BDB69D#BDB69D

#BDB69D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.035 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB69D
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 157)
HSL	hsl(47, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -1.75, 13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 13.74, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.0025 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.035 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7997, 46.7097, 38.6003)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB69D #9DA4BD

analogous

#BDA69D #BDB69D #B4BD9D

triadic

#BDB69D #9DBDB6 #B69DBD

tetradic

#BDB69D #9DBDA6 #9DA4BD #BD9DB4

square

#BDB69D #9DBDA6 #9DA4BD #BD9DB4

split-complementary

#BDB69D #9DB4BD #A69DBD

monochromatic

#867C5A #A49B78 #BDB69D #D6D1C2 #EEECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB69D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BDB69D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB69D

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB69D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB69D	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)

#BCB59C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb69d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.035 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbba',
    500: '#bdb69d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb69d;
$custom-light: #d1cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb69d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7753,
    "c": 0.03529,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB69D

secondary

#D6D8E0

accent

#5B9E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB69D

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

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