#BDB786#BDB786

#BDB786 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.066 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB786
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 134)
HSL	hsl(53, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 29.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -5.60, 25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 26.35, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0136 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.066 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2231, 46.4079, 29.2830)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB786 #868CBD

analogous

#BD9B86 #BDB786 #A7BD86

triadic

#BDB786 #86BDB7 #B786BD

tetradic

#BDB786 #86BD9B #868CBD #BD86A7

square

#BDB786 #86BD9B #868CBD #BD86A7

split-complementary

#BDB786 #86A7BD #9B86BD

monochromatic

#827B47 #A79F5E #BDB786 #D3CFAE #E8E6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDB786 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BDB786 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB786

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB786	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB786	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb786;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.066 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cca9',
    500: '#bdb786',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb786;
$custom-light: #d1cca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb786",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77226,
    "c": 0.06606,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB786

secondary

#C6C8D9

accent

#49A83D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB786

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

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