#BDBE85#BDBE85

#BDBE85 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.076 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE85
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 133)
HSL	hsl(61, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 30%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -9.38, 28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 30.25, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0245 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.076 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6335, 49.3398, 29.4107)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE85 #8685BE

analogous

#BEA285 #BDBE85 #A0BE85

triadic

#BDBE85 #85BDBE #BE85BD

tetradic

#BDBE85 #85BEA2 #8685BE #BE85A0

square

#BDBE85 #85BEA2 #8685BE #BE85A0

split-complementary

#BDBE85 #85A0BE #A285BE

monochromatic

#828346 #A7A95D #BDBE85 #D3D3AD #E8E9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BDBE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE85

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE85	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BC87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.076 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1a9',
    500: '#bdbe85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe85;
$custom-light: #d1d1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.053,
    "s": 30.481,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78688,
    "c": 0.07581,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE85

secondary

#C6C5DA

accent

#3CA93E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE85

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

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