#BDBB83#BDBB83

#BDBB83 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.075 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB83
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 131)
HSL	hsl(58, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 30.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -8.08, 28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 29.81, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0209 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.075 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8536, 47.9989, 28.4756)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB83 #8385BD

analogous

#BD9E83 #BDBB83 #A2BD83

triadic

#BDBB83 #83BDBB #BB83BD

tetradic

#BDBB83 #83BD9E #8385BD #BD83A2

square

#BDBB83 #83BD9E #8385BD #BD83A2

split-complementary

#BDBB83 #83A2BD #9E83BD

monochromatic

#817F45 #A8A55B #BDBB83 #D2D1AB #E8E7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBB83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BDBB83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB83

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB83	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)

#C4B77F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.075 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfa7',
    500: '#bdbb83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb83;
$custom-light: #d1cfa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78012,
    "c": 0.07454,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB83

secondary

#C3C4D8

accent

#40A93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB83

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

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