#BDBE8A#BDBE8A

#BDBE8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.070 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE8A
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 138)
HSL	hsl(61, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 27.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -8.72, 26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 27.64, 108.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0224 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.07 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9872, 49.4813, 31.2735)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE8A #8B8ABE

analogous

#BEA58A #BDBE8A #A3BE8A

triadic

#BDBE8A #8ABDBE #BE8ABD

tetradic

#BDBE8A #8ABEA5 #8B8ABE #BE8AA3

square

#BDBE8A #8ABEA5 #8B8ABE #BE8AA3

split-complementary

#BDBE8A #8AA3BE #A58ABE

monochromatic

#838449 #A7A863 #BDBE8A #D3D4B1 #E9EAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BDBE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE8A

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE8A	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BA87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.070 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1ac',
    500: '#bdbe8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe8a;
$custom-light: #d1d1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78786,
    "c": 0.06959,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE8A

secondary

#C9C9DB

accent

#3EA740

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE8A

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

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