#BDBE89#BDBE89

#BDBE89 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.071 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE89
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 137)
HSL	hsl(61, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 27.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -8.86, 26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 28.17, 108.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0229 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.071 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9152, 49.4525, 30.8939)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE89 #8A89BE

analogous

#BEA589 #BDBE89 #A3BE89

triadic

#BDBE89 #89BDBE #BE89BD

tetradic

#BDBE89 #89BEA5 #8A89BE #BE89A3

square

#BDBE89 #89BEA5 #8A89BE #BE89A3

split-complementary

#BDBE89 #89A3BE #A589BE

monochromatic

#838449 #A7A862 #BDBE89 #D3D4B0 #E9E9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBE89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BDBE89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE89

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE89	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.071 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1ab',
    500: '#bdbe89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe89;
$custom-light: #d1d1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.132,
    "s": 28.962,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78766,
    "c": 0.07084,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE89

secondary

#C9C8DB

accent

#3EA840

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE89

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

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