#BDBC8D#BDBC8D

#BDBC8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.063 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC8D
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 141)
HSL	hsl(59, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -7.27, 23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 25.07, 106.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0182 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.063 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7772, 48.7090, 32.2898)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC8D #8D8EBD

analogous

#BDA48D #BDBC8D #A6BD8D

triadic

#BDBC8D #8DBDBC #BC8DBD

tetradic

#BDBC8D #8DBDA4 #8D8EBD #BD8DA6

square

#BDBC8D #8DBDA4 #8D8EBD #BD8DA6

split-complementary

#BDBC8D #8DA6BD #A48DBD

monochromatic

#83824C #A7A566 #BDBC8D #D3D3B4 #EAEADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BDBC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC8D

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC8D	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B88A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BA8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.063 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0ae',
    500: '#bdbc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc8d;
$custom-light: #d1d0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78424,
    "c": 0.06323,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC8D

secondary

#CBCBDB

accent

#42A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC8D

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

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