#BDBE86#BDBE86

#BDBE86 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.075 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE86
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 134)
HSL	hsl(61, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 29.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -9.25, 28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 29.73, 108.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0241 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.075 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7029, 49.3676, 29.7763)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE86 #8786BE

analogous

#BEA386 #BDBE86 #A1BE86

triadic

#BDBE86 #86BDBE #BE86BD

tetradic

#BDBE86 #86BEA3 #8786BE #BE86A1

square

#BDBE86 #86BEA3 #8786BE #BE86A1

split-complementary

#BDBE86 #86A1BE #A386BE

monochromatic

#828346 #A7A95E #BDBE86 #D3D3AE #E8E9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBE86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BDBE86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE86

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE86	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)

#C7B982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BC88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.075 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1a9',
    500: '#bdbe86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe86;
$custom-light: #d1d1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.071,
    "s": 30.108,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78707,
    "c": 0.07458,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE86

secondary

#C6C6DA

accent

#3DA93F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE86

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

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