#BDB98D#BDB98D

#BDB98D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.060 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB98D
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 141)
HSL	hsl(55, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -5.70, 22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 23.60, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0137 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.06 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1430, 47.4406, 32.0783)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB98D #8D91BD

analogous

#BDA18D #BDB98D #A9BD8D

triadic

#BDB98D #8DBDB9 #B98DBD

tetradic

#BDB98D #8DBDA1 #8D91BD #BD8DA9

square

#BDB98D #8DBDA1 #8D91BD #BD8DA9

split-complementary

#BDB98D #8DA9BD #A18DBD

monochromatic

#837F4C #A7A166 #BDB98D #D3D1B4 #EAE9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BDB98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB98D

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB98D	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)

#C1B68A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.060 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ceae',
    500: '#bdb98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb98d;
$custom-light: #d1ceae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77791,
    "c": 0.05953,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB98D

secondary

#CBCCDB

accent

#49A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB98D

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

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