#BDBE8D#BDBE8D

#BDBE8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.066 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE8D
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 141)
HSL	hsl(61, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 25.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -8.31, 24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 26.07, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0212 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.066 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2074, 49.5694, 32.4332)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE8D #8E8DBE

analogous

#BEA68D #BDBE8D #A5BE8D

triadic

#BDBE8D #8DBDBE #BE8DBD

tetradic

#BDBE8D #8DBEA6 #8E8DBE #BE8DA5

square

#BDBE8D #8DBEA6 #8E8DBE #BE8DA5

split-complementary

#BDBE8D #8DA5BE #A68DBE

monochromatic

#84854C #A6A866 #BDBE8D #D4D4B4 #EAEADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BDBE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE8D

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE8D	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BA8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.066 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1ae',
    500: '#bdbe8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe8d;
$custom-light: #d1d1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.224,
    "s": 27.374,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78847,
    "c": 0.0658,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE8D

secondary

#CBCBDC

accent

#40A642

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE8D

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

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