#BDB985#BDB985

#BDB985 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.070 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB985
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 133)
HSL	hsl(56, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 29.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -6.78, 26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 27.81, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0171 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.07 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5691, 47.2110, 29.0559)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB985 #8589BD

analogous

#BD9D85 #BDB985 #A5BD85

triadic

#BDB985 #85BDB9 #B985BD

tetradic

#BDB985 #85BD9D #8589BD #BD85A5

square

#BDB985 #85BD9D #8589BD #BD85A5

split-complementary

#BDB985 #85A5BD #9D85BD

monochromatic

#827D46 #A8A25D #BDB985 #D2D0AD #E8E7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDB985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BDB985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB985

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB985	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.070 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cda9',
    500: '#bdb985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb985;
$custom-light: #d1cda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77628,
    "c": 0.06964,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB985

secondary

#C5C6D9

accent

#45A83D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB985

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

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