#BDBD8A#BDBD8A

#BDBD8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.068 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD8A
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -8.20, 25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 27.14, 107.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.021 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.068 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7714, 49.0496, 31.2015)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD8A #8A8ABD

analogous

#BDA48A #BDBD8A #A4BD8A

triadic

#BDBD8A #8ABDBD #BD8ABD

tetradic

#BDBD8A #8ABDA4 #8A8ABD #BD8AA4

square

#BDBD8A #8ABDA4 #8A8ABD #BD8AA4

split-complementary

#BDBD8A #8AA4BD #A48ABD

monochromatic

#83834A #A7A763 #BDBD8A #D3D3B1 #E9E9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BDBD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD8A

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD8A	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.068 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0ac',
    500: '#bdbd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd8a;
$custom-light: #d1d0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78574,
    "c": 0.06831,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD8A

secondary

#C9C9DA

accent

#3FA63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD8A

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

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