#BDBC8F#BDBC8F

#BDBC8F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.061 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC8F
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 143)
HSL	hsl(59, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 24.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -6.99, 22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 24.01, 106.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0174 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.061 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9274, 48.7690, 33.0806)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC8F #8F90BD

analogous

#BDA58F #BDBC8F #A7BD8F

triadic

#BDBC8F #8FBDBC #BC8FBD

tetradic

#BDBC8F #8FBDA5 #8F90BD #BD8FA7

square

#BDBC8F #8FBDA5 #8F90BD #BD8FA7

split-complementary

#BDBC8F #8FA7BD #A58FBD

monochromatic

#84834E #A6A568 #BDBC8F #D4D3B6 #EAEADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BDBC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC8F

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC8F	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B88C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BA91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.061 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0b0',
    500: '#bdbc8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc8f;
$custom-light: #d1d0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 25.843,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78466,
    "c": 0.06067,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC8F

secondary

#CCCCDC

accent

#43A441

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC8F

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

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