#BDB078#BDB078

#BDB078 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.076 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB078
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 36.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -3.66, 30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 30.62, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0088 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.076 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9024, 43.2267, 24.0073)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB078 #7885BD

analogous

#BD8D78 #BDB078 #A7BD78

triadic

#BDB078 #78BDB0 #B078BD

tetradic

#BDB078 #78BD8D #7885BD #BD78A7

square

#BDB078 #78BD8D #7885BD #BD78A7

split-complementary

#BDB078 #78A7BD #8D78BD

monochromatic

#7D713D #A69651 #BDB078 #D1C8A1 #E5E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB078 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BDB078 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB078

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB078	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB078	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb078;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.076 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c79f',
    500: '#bdb078',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb078;
$custom-light: #d2c79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb078",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75486,
    "c": 0.07571,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB078

secondary

#BBC0D6

accent

#4EAD38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB078

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

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