#BDB98E#BDB98E

#BDB98E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.058 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB98E
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 142)
HSL	hsl(55, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 24.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -5.56, 22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 23.07, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0133 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.058 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2177, 47.4704, 32.4720)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB98E #8E92BD

analogous

#BDA28E #BDB98E #A9BD8E

triadic

#BDB98E #8EBDB9 #B98EBD

tetradic

#BDB98E #8EBDA2 #8E92BD #BD8EA9

square

#BDB98E #8EBDA2 #8E92BD #BD8EA9

split-complementary

#BDB98E #8EA9BD #A28EBD

monochromatic

#847F4D #A6A167 #BDB98E #D4D1B5 #EAE9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BDB98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB98E

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB98E	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)

#C1B68B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.058 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ceaf',
    500: '#bdb98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb98e;
$custom-light: #d1ceaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77812,
    "c": 0.05825,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB98E

secondary

#CBCDDB

accent

#49A541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB98E

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

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