#BDBE97#BDBE97

#BDBE97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.053 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE97
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 151)
HSL	hsl(62, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 20.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -6.88, 19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 20.81, 109.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.017 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.053 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9853, 49.8806, 36.5302)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE97 #9897BE

analogous

#BEAC97 #BDBE97 #AABE97

triadic

#BDBE97 #97BDBE #BE97BD

tetradic

#BDBE97 #97BEAC #9897BE #BE97AA

square

#BDBE97 #97BEAC #9897BE #BE97AA

split-complementary

#BDBE97 #97AABE #AC97BE

monochromatic

#858754 #A5A671 #BDBE97 #D5D6BD #EDEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BDBE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE97

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE97	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.053 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1b5',
    500: '#bdbe97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe97;
$custom-light: #d1d1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.538,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79062,
    "c": 0.0529,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE97

secondary

#D2D2DF

accent

#44A246

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE97

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

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