#BDBF97#BDBF97

#BDBF97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.054 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF97
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 151)
HSL	hsl(63, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(63, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 20.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -7.40, 20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 21.33, 110.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0185 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.054 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2027, 50.3152, 36.6027)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF97 #9997BF

analogous

#BFAD97 #BDBF97 #A9BF97

triadic

#BDBF97 #97BDBF #BF97BD

tetradic

#BDBF97 #97BFAD #9997BF #BF97A9

square

#BDBF97 #97BFAD #9997BF #BF97A9

split-complementary

#BDBF97 #97A9BF #AD97BF

monochromatic

#858854 #A5A871 #BDBF97 #D5D6BD #EDEEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBF97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BDBF97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF97

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF97	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.054 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2b5',
    500: '#bdbf97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf97;
$custom-light: #d1d2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79273,
    "c": 0.05424,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF97

secondary

#6A6892

accent

#43A248

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF97

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

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