#BDBF89#BDBF89

#BDBF89 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.072 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF89
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 137)
HSL	hsl(62, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 28.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -9.37, 27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 28.67, 109.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0243 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.072 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1325, 49.8872, 30.9664)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF89 #8B89BF

analogous

#BFA689 #BDBF89 #A2BF89

triadic

#BDBF89 #89BDBF #BF89BD

tetradic

#BDBF89 #89BFA6 #8B89BF #BF89A2

square

#BDBF89 #89BFA6 #8B89BF #BF89A2

split-complementary

#BDBF89 #89A2BF #A689BF

monochromatic

#838548 #A7A961 #BDBF89 #D3D5B1 #E9EAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBF89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BDBF89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF89

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF89	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)

#C8BA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BC8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.072 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2ac',
    500: '#bdbf89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf89;
$custom-light: #d1d2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 29.67,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78979,
    "c": 0.07214,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF89

secondary

#C9C9DB

accent

#3DA841

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF89

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

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