#BDBA7E#BDBA7E

#BDBA7E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.079 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA7E
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 126)
HSL	hsl(57, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 33%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 33.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -8.19, 30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 31.93, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0214 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.079 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3115, 47.4438, 26.6633)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA7E #7E81BD

analogous

#BD9B7E #BDBA7E #A1BD7E

triadic

#BDBA7E #7EBDBA #BA7EBD

tetradic

#BDBA7E #7EBD9B #7E81BD #BD7EA1

square

#BDBA7E #7EBD9B #7E81BD #BD7EA1

split-complementary

#BDBA7E #7EA1BD #9B7EBD

monochromatic

#7F7C41 #A8A456 #BDBA7E #D2D0A6 #E6E5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBA7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BDBA7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA7E

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA7E	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B67A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.079 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cea4',
    500: '#bdba7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba7e;
$custom-light: #d2cea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 32.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77706,
    "c": 0.07944,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA7E

secondary

#C0C1D7

accent

#40AB3A

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA7E

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

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