#BDBB8A#BDBB8A

#BDBB8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.066 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB8A
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 138)
HSL	hsl(58, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -7.16, 25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 26.15, 105.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.018 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.066 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3441, 48.1951, 31.0591)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB8A #8A8CBD

analogous

#BDA28A #BDBB8A #A6BD8A

triadic

#BDBB8A #8ABDBB #BB8ABD

tetradic

#BDBB8A #8ABDA2 #8A8CBD #BD8AA6

square

#BDBB8A #8ABDA2 #8A8CBD #BD8AA6

split-complementary

#BDBB8A #8AA6BD #A28ABD

monochromatic

#83814A #A7A463 #BDBB8A #D3D2B1 #E9E8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BDBB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB8A

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB8A	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BA8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.066 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfac',
    500: '#bdbb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb8a;
$custom-light: #d1cfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78151,
    "c": 0.06578,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB8A

secondary

#C9C9DA

accent

#43A63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB8A

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

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