#BDBD97#BDBD97

#BDBD97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.052 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD97
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(60, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -6.36, 19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 20.29, 108.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0155 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.052 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7695, 49.4489, 36.4583)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD97 #9797BD

analogous

#BDAA97 #BDBD97 #AABD97

triadic

#BDBD97 #97BDBD #BD97BD

tetradic

#BDBD97 #97BDAA #9797BD #BD97AA

square

#BDBD97 #97BDAA #9797BD #BD97AA

split-complementary

#BDBD97 #97AABD #AA97BD

monochromatic

#858554 #A5A572 #BDBD97 #D5D5BC #EDEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BDBD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD97

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD97	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.052 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0b5',
    500: '#bdbd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd97;
$custom-light: #d1d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78851,
    "c": 0.05158,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD97

secondary

#D2D2DE

accent

#45A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD97

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

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