#BDB172#BDB172

#BDB172 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.084 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB172
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -4.89, 33.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 34.13, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0127 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.084 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7464, 43.4792, 22.2149)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB172 #727EBD

analogous

#BD8C72 #BDB172 #A4BD72

triadic

#BDB172 #72BDB1 #B172BD

tetradic

#BDB172 #72BD8C #727EBD #BD72A4

square

#BDB172 #72BD8C #727EBD #BD72A4

split-complementary

#BDB172 #72A4BD #8C72BD

monochromatic

#7B713A #A5974D #BDB172 #D1C89C #E4DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BDB172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB172

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB172	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAE6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.084 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c89b',
    500: '#bdb172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb172;
$custom-light: #d2c89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75589,
    "c": 0.08374,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB172

secondary

#B7BBD4

accent

#6ECC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB172

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

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