#BDB796#BDB796

#BDB796 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.046 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB796
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -3.35, 17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 17.90, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.007 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.046 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4246, 46.8885, 35.6111)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB796 #969CBD

analogous

#BDA496 #BDB796 #B0BD96

triadic

#BDB796 #96BDB7 #B796BD

tetradic

#BDB796 #96BDA4 #969CBD #BD96B0

square

#BDB796 #96BDA4 #969CBD #BD96B0

split-complementary

#BDB796 #96B0BD #A496BD

monochromatic

#857D54 #A59D70 #BDB796 #D5D1BC #ECEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDB796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BDB796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB796

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB796	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.046 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ccb5',
    500: '#bdb796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb796;
$custom-light: #d1ccb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77571,
    "c": 0.04555,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB796

secondary

#D1D3DE

accent

#53A144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB796

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

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