#BDB893#BDB893

#BDB893 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.051 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB893
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 147)
HSL	hsl(53, 24%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 22%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 22.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -4.32, 19.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 19.95, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0097 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.051 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3931, 47.2071, 34.4241)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB893 #9398BD

analogous

#BDA393 #BDB893 #ADBD93

triadic

#BDB893 #93BDB8 #B893BD

tetradic

#BDB893 #93BDA3 #9398BD #BD93AD

square

#BDB893 #93BDA3 #9398BD #BD93AD

split-complementary

#BDB893 #93ADBD #A393BD

monochromatic

#857E51 #A69F6D #BDB893 #D4D1B9 #EBEADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDB893 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BDB893 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB893

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB893	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB893	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb893;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.051 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdb2',
    500: '#bdb893',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb893;
$custom-light: #d1cdb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb893",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77712,
    "c": 0.0506,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB893

secondary

#CFD1DD

accent

#4EA343

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB893

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

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