#BDB993#BDB993

#BDB993 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.052 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB993
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 147)
HSL	hsl(54, 24%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 22%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 22.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -4.84, 19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 20.43, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0112 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.052 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6016, 47.6240, 34.4935)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB993 #9397BD

analogous

#BDA493 #BDB993 #ACBD93

triadic

#BDB993 #93BDB9 #B993BD

tetradic

#BDB993 #93BDA4 #9397BD #BD93AC

square

#BDB993 #93BDA4 #9397BD #BD93AC

split-complementary

#BDB993 #93ACBD #A493BD

monochromatic

#858051 #A6A06D #BDB993 #D4D2B9 #EBEADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BDB993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB993

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB993	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)

#C0B691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.052 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ceb2',
    500: '#bdb993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb993;
$custom-light: #d1ceb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77922,
    "c": 0.05178,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB993

secondary

#CFD0DD

accent

#4CA343

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB993

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

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