#BDBC8B#BDBC8B

#BDBC8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.066 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC8B
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 139)
HSL	hsl(59, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 26.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -7.54, 25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 26.12, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0191 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.066 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6297, 48.6500, 31.5131)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC8B #8B8CBD

analogous

#BDA38B #BDBC8B #A5BD8B

triadic

#BDBC8B #8BBDBC #BC8BBD

tetradic

#BDBC8B #8BBDA3 #8B8CBD #BD8BA5

square

#BDBC8B #8BBDA3 #8B8CBD #BD8BA5

split-complementary

#BDBC8B #8BA5BD #A38BBD

monochromatic

#83824B #A7A564 #BDBC8B #D3D3B2 #E9E9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BDBC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC8B

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC8B	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BA8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.066 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0ad',
    500: '#bdbc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc8b;
$custom-light: #d1d0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78382,
    "c": 0.06577,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC8B

secondary

#C9CADB

accent

#41A63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC8B

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

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