#BDB995#BDB995

#BDB995 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.049 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB995
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 149)
HSL	hsl(54, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 21.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -4.55, 18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 19.37, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0104 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.049 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7599, 47.6873, 35.3273)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB995 #9599BD

analogous

#BDA595 #BDB995 #ADBD95

triadic

#BDB995 #95BDB9 #B995BD

tetradic

#BDB995 #95BDA5 #9599BD #BD95AD

square

#BDB995 #95BDA5 #9599BD #BD95AD

split-complementary

#BDB995 #95ADBD #A595BD

monochromatic

#858053 #A6A06F #BDB995 #D4D2BB #ECEBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDB995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BDB995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB995

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB995	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.049 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ceb4',
    500: '#bdb995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb995;
$custom-light: #d1ceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 23.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77966,
    "c": 0.04918,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB995

secondary

#D0D2DD

accent

#4DA244

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB995

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

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