#BDB797#BDB797

#BDB797 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.044 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB797
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -3.20, 17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 17.37, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0065 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.044 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5055, 46.9208, 36.0369)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB797 #979DBD

analogous

#BDA497 #BDB797 #B0BD97

triadic

#BDB797 #97BDB7 #B797BD

tetradic

#BDB797 #97BDA4 #979DBD #BD97B0

square

#BDB797 #97BDA4 #979DBD #BD97B0

split-complementary

#BDB797 #97B0BD #A497BD

monochromatic

#857D54 #A59D72 #BDB797 #D5D1BC #EDEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDB797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BDB797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB797

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB797	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)

#BEB595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.044 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ccb5',
    500: '#bdb797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb797;
$custom-light: #d1ccb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77594,
    "c": 0.04424,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB797

secondary

#D2D4DE

accent

#53A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB797

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

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