#BDBA97#BDBA97

#BDBA97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.048 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA97
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 151)
HSL	hsl(55, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -4.78, 18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 18.79, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0111 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.048 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1308, 48.1716, 36.2454)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA97 #979ABD

analogous

#BDA797 #BDBA97 #ADBD97

triadic

#BDBA97 #97BDBA #BA97BD

tetradic

#BDBA97 #97BDA7 #979ABD #BD97AD

square

#BDBA97 #97BDA7 #979ABD #BD97AD

split-complementary

#BDBA97 #97ADBD #A797BD

monochromatic

#858154 #A5A172 #BDBA97 #D5D3BC #EDECE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BDBA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA97

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA97	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.048 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ceb5',
    500: '#bdba97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba97;
$custom-light: #d1ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78221,
    "c": 0.04777,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA97

secondary

#D2D3DE

accent

#4CA145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA97

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

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