#BDB889#BDB889

#BDB889 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.063 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB889
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 137)
HSL	hsl(54, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 27.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -5.72, 24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 25.24, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0139 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.063 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6423, 46.9067, 30.4696)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB889 #898EBD

analogous

#BD9E89 #BDB889 #A8BD89

triadic

#BDB889 #89BDB8 #B889BD

tetradic

#BDB889 #89BD9E #898EBD #BD89A8

square

#BDB889 #89BD9E #898EBD #BD89A8

split-complementary

#BDB889 #89A8BD #9E89BD

monochromatic

#837D49 #A7A062 #BDB889 #D3D0B0 #E9E7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDB889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BDB889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB889

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB889	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)

#C1B586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B88B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.063 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdab',
    500: '#bdb889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb889;
$custom-light: #d1cdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 28.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77497,
    "c": 0.06343,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB889

secondary

#C8CADA

accent

#49A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB889

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

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