#BDB799#BDB799

#BDB799 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.042 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB799
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -2.89, 16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 16.30, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0057 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.042 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6693, 46.9863, 36.8996)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB799 #999FBD

analogous

#BDA599 #BDB799 #B1BD99

triadic

#BDB799 #99BDB7 #B799BD

tetradic

#BDB799 #99BDA5 #999FBD #BD99B1

square

#BDB799 #99BDA5 #999FBD #BD99B1

split-complementary

#BDB799 #99B1BD #A599BD

monochromatic

#857D56 #A59D74 #BDB799 #D5D1BE #EDEBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDB799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BDB799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB799

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB799	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.042 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ccb7',
    500: '#bdb799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb799;
$custom-light: #d1ccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77641,
    "c": 0.04161,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB799

secondary

#D3D5DF

accent

#55A046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB799

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

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