#BDBE87#BDBE87

#BDBE87 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.073 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE87
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 135)
HSL	hsl(61, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 28.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -9.12, 27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 29.21, 108.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.0237 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.073 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7730, 49.3956, 30.1453)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE87 #8887BE

analogous

#BEA387 #BDBE87 #A1BE87

triadic

#BDBE87 #87BDBE #BE87BD

tetradic

#BDBE87 #87BEA3 #8887BE #BE87A1

square

#BDBE87 #87BEA3 #8887BE #BE87A1

split-complementary

#BDBE87 #87A1BE #A387BE

monochromatic

#828347 #A7A85F #BDBE87 #D3D4AF #E9E9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BDBE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE87

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE87	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BC89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.073 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1aa',
    500: '#bdbe87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe87;
$custom-light: #d1d1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.091,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78727,
    "c": 0.07334,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE87

secondary

#C7C7DA

accent

#3DA83F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE87

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

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