#BDBC97#BDBC97

#BDBC97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.050 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC97
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 151)
HSL	hsl(58, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -5.83, 18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 19.79, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.014 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.05 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5551, 49.0202, 36.3868)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC97 #9798BD

analogous

#BDA997 #BDBC97 #ABBD97

triadic

#BDBC97 #97BDBC #BC97BD

tetradic

#BDBC97 #97BDA9 #9798BD #BD97AB

square

#BDBC97 #97BDA9 #9798BD #BD97AB

split-complementary

#BDBC97 #97ABBD #A997BD

monochromatic

#858454 #A5A472 #BDBC97 #D5D4BC #EDECE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BDBC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC97

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC97	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.050 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0b5',
    500: '#bdbc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc97;
$custom-light: #d1d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78641,
    "c": 0.05028,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC97

secondary

#D2D2DE

accent

#47A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC97

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

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