#BDB99E#BDB99E

#BDB99E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.037 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB99E
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 158)
HSL	hsl(52, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 16.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -3.18, 14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 14.58, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0066 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.037 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5064, 47.9859, 39.2587)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB99E #9EA2BD

analogous

#BDA99E #BDB99E #B1BD9E

triadic

#BDB99E #9EBDB9 #B99EBD

tetradic

#BDB99E #9EBDA9 #9EA2BD #BD9EB1

square

#BDB99E #9EBDA9 #9EA2BD #BD9EB1

split-complementary

#BDB99E #9EB1BD #A99EBD

monochromatic

#86805B #A49F7A #BDB99E #D6D3C2 #EFEEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDB99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BDB99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB99E

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB99E	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B99F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.037 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ceba',
    500: '#bdb99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb99e;
$custom-light: #d1ceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 19.018,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78178,
    "c": 0.03731,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB99E

secondary

#D7D8E0

accent

#539D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB99E

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

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