#BDBE98#BDBE98

#BDBE98 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.052 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE98
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 152)
HSL	hsl(62, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 20%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -6.73, 19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 20.28, 109.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0166 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.052 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0669, 49.9132, 36.9597)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE98 #9998BE

analogous

#BEAC98 #BDBE98 #AABE98

triadic

#BDBE98 #98BDBE #BE98BD

tetradic

#BDBE98 #98BEAC #9998BE #BE98AA

square

#BDBE98 #98BEAC #9998BE #BE98AA

split-complementary

#BDBE98 #98AABE #AC98BE

monochromatic

#858755 #A5A672 #BDBE98 #D5D6BE #EDEDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBE98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BDBE98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE98

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE98	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)

#C4BB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.052 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1b6',
    500: '#bdbe98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe98;
$custom-light: #d1d1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.579,
    "s": 22.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79084,
    "c": 0.05159,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE98

secondary

#D3D3DF

accent

#44A147

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE98

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

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