#BDB175#BDB175

#BDB175 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.080 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB175
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 117)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 38.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -4.55, 32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 32.58, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0115 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.08 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9200, 43.5486, 23.1290)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB175 #7581BD

analogous

#BD8D75 #BDB175 #A5BD75

triadic

#BDB175 #75BDB1 #B175BD

tetradic

#BDB175 #75BD8D #7581BD #BD75A5

square

#BDB175 #75BD8D #7581BD #BD75A5

split-complementary

#BDB175 #75A5BD #8D75BD

monochromatic

#7C713B #A6974F #BDB175 #D1C89E #E5E0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BDB175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB175

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB175	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAE71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.080 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c89d',
    500: '#bdb175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb175;
$custom-light: #d2c89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75642,
    "c": 0.08025,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB175

secondary

#B9BED5

accent

#6FCB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB175

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

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