#BDBE81#BDBE81

#BDBE81 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.081 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE81
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 129)
HSL	hsl(61, 32%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 32%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 32.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -9.89, 30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 32.32, 107.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0262 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.081 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3624, 49.2314, 27.9829)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE81 #8281BE

analogous

#BEA181 #BDBE81 #9EBE81

triadic

#BDBE81 #81BDBE #BE81BD

tetradic

#BDBE81 #81BEA1 #8281BE #BE819E

square

#BDBE81 #81BEA1 #8281BE #BE819E

split-complementary

#BDBE81 #819EBE #A181BE

monochromatic

#818243 #A8A959 #BDBE81 #D2D3A9 #E7E8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBE81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BDBE81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE81

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE81	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B97D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BB83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.081 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1a6',
    500: '#bdbe81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe81;
$custom-light: #d1d1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.984,
    "s": 31.937,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78613,
    "c": 0.08072,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE81

secondary

#C3C2D8

accent

#3BAB3D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE81

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

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