#BDBE96#BDBE96

#BDBE96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.054 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE96
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 150)
HSL	hsl(62, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 21.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -7.03, 20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 21.34, 109.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0174 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.054 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9045, 49.8482, 36.1043)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE96 #9796BE

analogous

#BEAB96 #BDBE96 #A9BE96

triadic

#BDBE96 #96BDBE #BE96BD

tetradic

#BDBE96 #96BEAB #9796BE #BE96A9

square

#BDBE96 #96BEAB #9796BE #BE96A9

split-complementary

#BDBE96 #96A9BE #AB96BE

monochromatic

#858653 #A5A770 #BDBE96 #D5D5BC #EDEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BDBE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE96

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE96	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.054 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1b5',
    500: '#bdbe96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe96;
$custom-light: #d1d1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.5,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7904,
    "c": 0.05421,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE96

secondary

#D2D1DE

accent

#44A246

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE96

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

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