#BDB896#BDB896

#BDB896 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.047 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB896
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -3.87, 17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 18.36, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0085 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.047 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6316, 47.3025, 35.6800)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB896 #969BBD

analogous

#BDA596 #BDB896 #AFBD96

triadic

#BDB896 #96BDB8 #B896BD

tetradic

#BDB896 #96BDA5 #969BBD #BD96AF

square

#BDB896 #96BDA5 #969BBD #BD96AF

split-complementary

#BDB896 #96AFBD #A596BD

monochromatic

#857F54 #A59F70 #BDB896 #D5D1BC #ECEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDB896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BDB896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB896

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB896	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.047 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdb5',
    500: '#bdb896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb896;
$custom-light: #d1cdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7778,
    "c": 0.04668,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB896

secondary

#D1D3DE

accent

#50A144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB896

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

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