HEX Color #BDBD83 (Darkkhaki)

About #BDBD83

The precise color #BDBD83 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Its closest recognized web color is Darkkhaki. Its digital footprint relies on 189 parts red, 189 parts green, and 131 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 60.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the yellow spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#BDBD83

RGB189, 189, 131

HSL60.0°, 30.5%, 62.7%

CMYK0%, 0%, 31%, 26%

HSV60.0°, 30.7%, 74.1%

LAB75.4, -9.1, 29.4

XYZ43.3, 48.9, 28.6

Decimal12434819

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#BDBD83 #8383BD

Analogous

#BDA083 #A0BD83

Triadic

#83BDBD #BD83BD

Tetradic

#83BDA0 #8383BD #BD83A0

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#BDBD83

#C4C490

#CBCB9E

#D3D3AC

#DADABA

#E1E1C7

#E9E9D5

#F0F0E3

#F7F7F1

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#BDBD83

#A8A874

#939365

#7E7E57

#696948

#54543A

#3F3F2B

#2A2A1D

#15150E

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.95:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

10.77:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.86:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

9.16:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #BDBD83; }

.text-color { color: #BDBD83; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #BDBD83; }

Similar Colors

Darkkhaki

#BDB76B