#BDBE83#BDBE83

#BDBE83 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.078 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE83
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 131)
HSL	hsl(61, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 31%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 31.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -9.64, 29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 31.28, 107.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0253 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.078 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4967, 49.2851, 28.6899)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE83 #8483BE

analogous

#BEA183 #BDBE83 #9FBE83

triadic

#BDBE83 #83BDBE #BE83BD

tetradic

#BDBE83 #83BEA1 #8483BE #BE839F

square

#BDBE83 #83BEA1 #8483BE #BE839F

split-complementary

#BDBE83 #839FBE #A183BE

monochromatic

#818244 #A8A95B #BDBE83 #D2D3AB #E8E8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBE83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BDBE83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE83

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE83	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B97F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BB85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.078 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1a7',
    500: '#bdbe83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe83;
$custom-light: #d1d1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 31.217,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7865,
    "c": 0.07828,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE83

secondary

#C4C4D9

accent

#3CAA3D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE83

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

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