#BDB89E#BDB89E

#BDB89E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.036 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB89E
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 158)
HSL	hsl(50, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 16.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -2.65, 13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 14.11, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0051 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.036 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2979, 47.5690, 39.1892)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB89E #9EA3BD

analogous

#BDA89E #BDB89E #B2BD9E

triadic

#BDB89E #9EBDB8 #B89EBD

tetradic

#BDB89E #9EBDA8 #9EA3BD #BD9EB2

square

#BDB89E #9EBDA8 #9EA3BD #BD9EB2

split-complementary

#BDB89E #9EB2BD #A89EBD

monochromatic

#867F5B #A49D7A #BDB89E #D6D3C2 #EFEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BDB89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB89E

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB89E	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)

#BEB69C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.036 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdba',
    500: '#bdb89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb89e;
$custom-light: #d1cdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 19.018,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7797,
    "c": 0.03615,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB89E

secondary

#D7D8E0

accent

#569D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB89E

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

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