#BDBE99#BDBE99

#BDBE99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.050 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE99
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 153)
HSL	hsl(62, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -6.58, 18.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 19.75, 109.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0162 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.05 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.1491, 49.9461, 37.3929)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE99 #9A99BE

analogous

#BEAD99 #BDBE99 #ABBE99

triadic

#BDBE99 #99BDBE #BE99BD

tetradic

#BDBE99 #99BEAD #9A99BE #BE99AB

square

#BDBE99 #99BEAD #9A99BE #BE99AB

split-complementary

#BDBE99 #99ABBE #AD99BE

monochromatic

#858756 #A5A674 #BDBE99 #D5D6BE #EDEEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BDBE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE99

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE99	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.050 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1b7',
    500: '#bdbe99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe99;
$custom-light: #d1d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79107,
    "c": 0.05028,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE99

secondary

#D4D4DF

accent

#45A147

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE99

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

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