#BDBC8A#BDBC8A

#BDBC8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.067 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC8A
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -7.68, 25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 26.64, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0195 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.067 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5570, 48.6209, 31.1300)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC8A #8A8BBD

analogous

#BDA38A #BDBC8A #A5BD8A

triadic

#BDBC8A #8ABDBC #BC8ABD

tetradic

#BDBC8A #8ABDA3 #8A8BBD #BD8AA5

square

#BDBC8A #8ABDA3 #8A8BBD #BD8AA5

split-complementary

#BDBC8A #8AA5BD #A38ABD

monochromatic

#83824A #A7A663 #BDBC8A #D3D2B1 #E9E9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BDBC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC8A

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC8A	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BA8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.067 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0ac',
    500: '#bdbc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc8a;
$custom-light: #d1d0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78362,
    "c": 0.06704,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC8A

secondary

#C9C9DA

accent

#41A63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC8A

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

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