#BDBD87#BDBD87

#BDBD87 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.072 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD87
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 135)
HSL	hsl(60, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 28.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -8.60, 27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 28.71, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0222 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.072 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5572, 48.9640, 30.0734)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD87 #8787BD

analogous

#BDA287 #BDBD87 #A2BD87

triadic

#BDBD87 #87BDBD #BD87BD

tetradic

#BDBD87 #87BDA2 #8787BD #BD87A2

square

#BDBD87 #87BDA2 #8787BD #BD87A2

split-complementary

#BDBD87 #87A2BD #A287BD

monochromatic

#828248 #A7A760 #BDBD87 #D3D3AE #E8E8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBD87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BDBD87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD87

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD87	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.072 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0aa',
    500: '#bdbd87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd87;
$custom-light: #d1d0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78514,
    "c": 0.07207,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD87

secondary

#C6C6D9

accent

#3EA83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD87

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

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