#BDB992#BDB992

#BDB992 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.053 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB992
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 146)
HSL	hsl(54, 25%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 22.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -4.99, 20.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 20.96, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0116 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.053 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5234, 47.5927, 34.0821)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB992 #9296BD

analogous

#BDA392 #BDB992 #ABBD92

triadic

#BDB992 #92BDB9 #B992BD

tetradic

#BDB992 #92BDA3 #9296BD #BD92AB

square

#BDB992 #92BDA3 #9296BD #BD92AB

split-complementary

#BDB992 #92ABBD #A392BD

monochromatic

#848050 #A6A16C #BDB992 #D4D1B8 #EBEADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BDB992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB992

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB992	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.053 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ceb2',
    500: '#bdb992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb992;
$custom-light: #d1ceb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 24.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77899,
    "c": 0.05308,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB992

secondary

#CED0DD

accent

#4BA342

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F5

border

#D2D2CF

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB992

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →