#BDBB5E#BDBB5E

#BDBB5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.116 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB5E
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -12.11, 46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 48.39, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0353 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.116 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7780, 47.1687, 17.5439)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB5E #5E60BD

analogous

#BD8B5E #BDBB5E #8FBD5E

triadic

#BDBB5E #5EBDBB #BB5EBD

tetradic

#BDBB5E #5EBD8B #5E60BD #BD5E8F

square

#BDBB5E #5EBD8B #5E60BD #BD5E8F

split-complementary

#BDBB5E #5E8FBD #8B5EBD

monochromatic

#72702F #9D9B40 #BDBB5E #CFCD89 #E1E0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BDBB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB5E

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB5E	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.116 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf8e',
    500: '#bdbb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb5e;
$custom-light: #d3cf8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.737,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77422,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB5E

secondary

#A8A8CF

accent

#59D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB5E

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

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