#BDBA8A#BDBA8A

#BDBA8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.065 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA8A
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 138)
HSL	hsl(56, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -6.64, 24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 25.66, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0165 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.065 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1327, 47.7723, 30.9886)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA8A #8A8DBD

analogous

#BDA18A #BDBA8A #A7BD8A

triadic

#BDBA8A #8ABDBA #BA8ABD

tetradic

#BDBA8A #8ABDA1 #8A8DBD #BD8AA7

square

#BDBA8A #8ABDA1 #8A8DBD #BD8AA7

split-complementary

#BDBA8A #8AA7BD #A18ABD

monochromatic

#837F4A #A7A363 #BDBA8A #D3D1B1 #E9E8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BDBA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA8A

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA8A	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)

#C2B687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.065 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ceac',
    500: '#bdba8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba8a;
$custom-light: #d1ceac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77939,
    "c": 0.06456,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA8A

secondary

#C9CADA

accent

#45A63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA8A

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

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