#BDBD89#BDBD89

#BDBD89 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.070 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD89
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 137)
HSL	hsl(60, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 27.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -8.34, 26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 27.66, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0214 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.07 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6993, 49.0208, 30.8220)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD89 #8989BD

analogous

#BDA389 #BDBD89 #A3BD89

triadic

#BDBD89 #89BDBD #BD89BD

tetradic

#BDBD89 #89BDA3 #8989BD #BD89A3

square

#BDBD89 #89BDA3 #8989BD #BD89A3

split-complementary

#BDBD89 #89A3BD #A389BD

monochromatic

#838349 #A7A762 #BDBD89 #D3D3B0 #E9E9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBD89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BDBD89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD89

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD89	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)

#C6B986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.070 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0ab',
    500: '#bdbd89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd89;
$custom-light: #d1d0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 28.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78554,
    "c": 0.06957,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD89

secondary

#C8C8DA

accent

#3FA73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD89

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

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