#BDB89A#BDB89A

#BDB89A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.041 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB89A
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 154)
HSL	hsl(51, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 18.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -3.27, 15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 16.24, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0068 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.041 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9592, 47.4335, 37.4054)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB89A #9A9FBD

analogous

#BDA79A #BDB89A #B0BD9A

triadic

#BDB89A #9ABDB8 #B89ABD

tetradic

#BDB89A #9ABDA7 #9A9FBD #BD9AB0

square

#BDB89A #9ABDA7 #9A9FBD #BD9AB0

split-complementary

#BDB89A #9AB0BD #A79ABD

monochromatic

#857F57 #A59E75 #BDB89A #D5D2BF #EDECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB89A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BDB89A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB89A

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB89A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB89A	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb89a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.041 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdb7',
    500: '#bdb89a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb89a;
$custom-light: #d1cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb89a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 20.958,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77873,
    "c": 0.04143,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB89A

secondary

#D4D5DF

accent

#539F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB89A

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

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