#BDB798#BDB798

#BDB798 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.043 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB798
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 152)
HSL	hsl(50, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 19.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -3.04, 16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 16.83, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0061 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.043 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5870, 46.9534, 36.4665)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB798 #989EBD

analogous

#BDA598 #BDB798 #B1BD98

triadic

#BDB798 #98BDB7 #B798BD

tetradic

#BDB798 #98BDA5 #989EBD #BD98B1

square

#BDB798 #98BDA5 #989EBD #BD98B1

split-complementary

#BDB798 #98B1BD #A598BD

monochromatic

#857D55 #A59D73 #BDB798 #D5D1BD #EDEBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDB798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BDB798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB798

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB798	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.043 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ccb6',
    500: '#bdb798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb798;
$custom-light: #d1ccb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 21.893,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77618,
    "c": 0.04293,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB798

secondary

#D2D4DE

accent

#54A045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB798

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

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