#BDBA91#BDBA91

#BDBA91 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.056 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA91
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 145)
HSL	hsl(56, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 23.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -5.66, 21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 21.97, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0136 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.056 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6559, 47.9816, 33.7442)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA91 #9194BD

analogous

#BDA491 #BDBA91 #AABD91

triadic

#BDBA91 #91BDBA #BA91BD

tetradic

#BDBA91 #91BDA4 #9194BD #BD91AA

square

#BDBA91 #91BDA4 #9194BD #BD91AA

split-complementary

#BDBA91 #91AABD #A491BD

monochromatic

#84814F #A6A26B #BDBA91 #D4D2B7 #EBEADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBA91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BDBA91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA91

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA91	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)

#C1B78E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.056 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ceb1',
    500: '#bdba91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba91;
$custom-light: #d1ceb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78087,
    "c": 0.05559,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA91

secondary

#CECFDC

accent

#49A442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F5

border

#D2D2CF

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA91

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

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