#BDBF8A#BDBF8A

#BDBF8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.071 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF8A
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 138)
HSL	hsl(62, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -9.24, 26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 28.15, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0239 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.071 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2045, 49.9160, 31.3459)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF8A #8C8ABF

analogous

#BFA78A #BDBF8A #A3BF8A

triadic

#BDBF8A #8ABDBF #BF8ABD

tetradic

#BDBF8A #8ABFA7 #8C8ABF #BF8AA3

square

#BDBF8A #8ABFA7 #8C8ABF #BF8AA3

split-complementary

#BDBF8A #8AA3BF #A78ABF

monochromatic

#838649 #A7A962 #BDBF8A #D3D5B2 #EAEAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BDBF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF8A

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF8A	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)

#C7BA86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BC8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.071 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2ac',
    500: '#bdbf8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf8a;
$custom-light: #d1d2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.264,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78999,
    "c": 0.07089,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF8A

secondary

#CAC9DC

accent

#3EA842

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF8A

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

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