#BDBA83#BDBA83

#BDBA83 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.073 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA83
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 131)
HSL	hsl(57, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 30.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -7.56, 28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 29.33, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0194 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.073 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6422, 47.5761, 28.4051)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA83 #8386BD

analogous

#BD9D83 #BDBA83 #A3BD83

triadic

#BDBA83 #83BDBA #BA83BD

tetradic

#BDBA83 #83BD9D #8386BD #BD83A3

square

#BDBA83 #83BD9D #8386BD #BD83A3

split-complementary

#BDBA83 #83A3BD #9D83BD

monochromatic

#817E45 #A8A45B #BDBA83 #D2D0AB #E8E6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBA83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BDBA83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA83

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA83	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)

#C3B67F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.073 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cea7',
    500: '#bdba83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba83;
$custom-light: #d1cea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.778,
    "c": 0.07332,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA83

secondary

#C3C4D8

accent

#42A93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA83

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

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