#BDB079#BDB079

#BDB079 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.075 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB079
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 36%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -3.55, 29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 30.10, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0084 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.075 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9634, 43.2511, 24.3286)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB079 #7986BD

analogous

#BD8E79 #BDB079 #A8BD79

triadic

#BDB079 #79BDB0 #B079BD

tetradic

#BDB079 #79BD8E #7986BD #BD79A8

square

#BDB079 #79BD8E #7986BD #BD79A8

split-complementary

#BDB079 #79A8BD #8E79BD

monochromatic

#7E713E #A79752 #BDB079 #D1C8A2 #E5E0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDB079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BDB079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB079

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB079	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)

#BBAD75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.075 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c7a0',
    500: '#bdb079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb079;
$custom-light: #d2c7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75504,
    "c": 0.07452,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB079

secondary

#BCC1D6

accent

#4FAD39

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB079

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

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