#BDBDAA#BDBDAA

#BDBDAA is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.026 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDAA
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 170)
HSL	hsl(60, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -3.35, 9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 10.18, 109.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0076 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.026 107)
XYZ	xyz(46.4387, 50.1166, 45.2494)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDAA #AAAABD

analogous

#BDB3AA #BDBDAA #B3BDAA

triadic

#BDBDAA #AABDBD #BDAABD

tetradic

#BDBDAA #AABDB3 #AAAABD #BDAAB3

square

#BDBDAA #AABDB3 #AAAABD #BDAAB3

split-complementary

#BDBDAA #AAB3BD #B3AABD

monochromatic

#858567 #A2A288 #BDBDAA #D8D8CC #F2F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BDBDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDAA

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDAA	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.026 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0c3',
    500: '#bdbdaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdaa;
$custom-light: #d1d0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 12.583,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79311,
    "c": 0.02617,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.50116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDAA

secondary

#7B7B90

accent

#4F974F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDAA

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

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