#BDB89D#BDB89D

#BDB89D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.037 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB89D
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 157)
HSL	hsl(51, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -2.81, 14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 14.64, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0056 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.037 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2122, 47.5347, 38.7378)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB89D #9DA2BD

analogous

#BDA89D #BDB89D #B2BD9D

triadic

#BDB89D #9DBDB8 #B89DBD

tetradic

#BDB89D #9DBDA8 #9DA2BD #BD9DB2

square

#BDB89D #9DBDA8 #9DA2BD #BD9DB2

split-complementary

#BDB89D #9DB2BD #A89DBD

monochromatic

#867F5A #A49E78 #BDB89D #D6D2C2 #EEEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BDB89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB89D

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB89D	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.037 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdba',
    500: '#bdb89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb89d;
$custom-light: #d1cdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77945,
    "c": 0.03746,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB89D

secondary

#D6D8E0

accent

#559E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB89D

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

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