#BDB072#BDB072

#BDB072 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.083 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB072
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -4.36, 33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 33.72, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0112 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.083 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5496, 43.0856, 22.1493)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB072 #727FBD

analogous

#BD8B72 #BDB072 #A5BD72

triadic

#BDB072 #72BDB0 #B072BD

tetradic

#BDB072 #72BD8B #727FBD #BD72A5

square

#BDB072 #72BD8B #727FBD #BD72A5

split-complementary

#BDB072 #72A5BD #8B72BD

monochromatic

#7B703A #A5964D #BDB072 #D1C79C #E4DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BDB072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB072

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB072	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAD6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.083 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c79b',
    500: '#bdb072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb072;
$custom-light: #d2c79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.6,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75379,
    "c": 0.08274,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB072

secondary

#B7BCD4

accent

#6FCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB072

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

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