#BDB69F#BDB69F

#BDB69F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.033 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB69F
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 159)
HSL	hsl(46, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 15.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -1.43, 12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 12.69, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0017 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.033 93)
XYZ	xyz(43.9718, 46.7785, 39.5069)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB69F #9FA6BD

analogous

#BDA79F #BDB69F #B5BD9F

triadic

#BDB69F #9FBDB6 #B69FBD

tetradic

#BDB69F #9FBDA7 #9FA6BD #BD9FB5

square

#BDB69F #9FBDA7 #9FA6BD #BD9FB5

split-complementary

#BDB69F #9FB5BD #A79FBD

monochromatic

#867C5C #A49A7B #BDB69F #D6D2C3 #EFEDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB69F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BDB69F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB69F

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB69F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB69F	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB59E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb69f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.033 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbbb',
    500: '#bdb69f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb69f;
$custom-light: #d1cbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb69f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77579,
    "c": 0.03268,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.46778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB69F

secondary

#D7D9E0

accent

#5C9D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB69F

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

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