#BDB074#BDB074

#BDB074 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.080 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB074
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -4.13, 32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 32.69, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0104 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.08 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6647, 43.1316, 22.7554)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB074 #7481BD

analogous

#BD8C74 #BDB074 #A6BD74

triadic

#BDB074 #74BDB0 #B074BD

tetradic

#BDB074 #74BD8C #7481BD #BD74A6

square

#BDB074 #74BD8C #7481BD #BD74A6

split-complementary

#BDB074 #74A6BD #8C74BD

monochromatic

#7C703B #A5964E #BDB074 #D1C89D #E4DFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB074 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BDB074 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB074

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB074	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB074	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb074;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.080 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c79c',
    500: '#bdb074',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb074;
$custom-light: #d2c79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb074",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75414,
    "c": 0.08043,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB074

secondary

#B8BDD5

accent

#70CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB074

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

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