#BDB899#BDB899

#BDB899 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.043 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB899
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -3.42, 16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 16.77, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0072 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.043 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8763, 47.4003, 36.9686)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB899 #999EBD

analogous

#BDA699 #BDB899 #B0BD99

triadic

#BDB899 #99BDB8 #B899BD

tetradic

#BDB899 #99BDA6 #999EBD #BD99B0

square

#BDB899 #99BDA6 #999EBD #BD99B0

split-complementary

#BDB899 #99B0BD #A699BD

monochromatic

#857F56 #A59E74 #BDB899 #D5D2BE #EDECE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BDB899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB899

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB899	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.043 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdb7',
    500: '#bdb899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb899;
$custom-light: #d1cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7785,
    "c": 0.04275,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB899

secondary

#D3D5DF

accent

#52A046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB899

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

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