#BDB173#BDB173

#BDB173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.083 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB173
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 115)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 39.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -4.77, 33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 33.61, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0123 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.083 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8037, 43.5021, 22.5163)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB173 #737FBD

analogous

#BD8C73 #BDB173 #A4BD73

triadic

#BDB173 #73BDB1 #B173BD

tetradic

#BDB173 #73BD8C #737FBD #BD73A4

square

#BDB173 #73BD8C #737FBD #BD73A4

split-complementary

#BDB173 #73A4BD #8C73BD

monochromatic

#7B713A #A5974E #BDB173 #D1C89D #E4DFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BDB173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB173

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB173	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#BCAE6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.083 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c89c',
    500: '#bdb173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb173;
$custom-light: #d2c89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75607,
    "c": 0.08259,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB173

secondary

#B8BCD4

accent

#6ECC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB173

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

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