#BDBE7E#BDBE7E

#BDBE7E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.084 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE7E
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 126)
HSL	hsl(61, 33%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 34%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 33.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -10.27, 32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 33.86, 107.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0274 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.084 109)
XYZ	xyz(43.1660, 49.1528, 26.9481)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE7E #7F7EBE

analogous

#BE9F7E #BDBE7E #9DBE7E

triadic

#BDBE7E #7EBDBE #BE7EBD

tetradic

#BDBE7E #7EBE9F #7F7EBE #BE7E9D

square

#BDBE7E #7EBE9F #7F7EBE #BE7E9D

split-complementary

#BDBE7E #7E9DBE #9F7EBE

monochromatic

#808141 #A8A955 #BDBE7E #D2D3A7 #E7E7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBE7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BDBE7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE7E

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE7E	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.084 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1a4',
    500: '#bdbe7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe7e;
$custom-light: #d2d1a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.938,
    "s": 32.99,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78558,
    "c": 0.08434,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.49152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE7E

secondary

#C0C0D8

accent

#3AAC3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE7E

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

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