#BDB174#BDB174

#BDB174 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.081 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB174
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 116)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -4.66, 32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 33.10, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0119 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.081 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8615, 43.5252, 22.8210)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB174 #7480BD

analogous

#BD8D74 #BDB174 #A5BD74

triadic

#BDB174 #74BDB1 #B174BD

tetradic

#BDB174 #74BD8D #7480BD #BD74A5

square

#BDB174 #74BD8D #7480BD #BD74A5

split-complementary

#BDB174 #74A5BD #8D74BD

monochromatic

#7C713B #A5974E #BDB174 #D1C89D #E4E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BDB174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB174

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB174	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)

#BCAE70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.081 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c89d',
    500: '#bdb174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb174;
$custom-light: #d2c89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75624,
    "c": 0.08142,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB174

secondary

#B8BDD5

accent

#6ECC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB174

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

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