#BDB997#BDB997

#BDB997 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.047 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB997
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(54, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -4.25, 17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 18.30, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0096 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.047 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9209, 47.7517, 36.1754)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB997 #979BBD

analogous

#BDA697 #BDB997 #AEBD97

triadic

#BDB997 #97BDB9 #B997BD

tetradic

#BDB997 #97BDA6 #979BBD #BD97AE

square

#BDB997 #97BDA6 #979BBD #BD97AE

split-complementary

#BDB997 #97AEBD #A697BD

monochromatic

#858054 #A5A072 #BDB997 #D5D2BC #EDEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDB997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BDB997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB997

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB997	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.047 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ceb5',
    500: '#bdb997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb997;
$custom-light: #d1ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78012,
    "c": 0.04655,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB997

secondary

#D2D3DE

accent

#4EA145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB997

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

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