#BDB176#BDB176

#BDB176 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.079 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB176
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 118)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 37.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -4.43, 31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 32.06, 97.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0111 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.079 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9791, 43.5723, 23.4403)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB176 #7682BD

analogous

#BD8D76 #BDB176 #A5BD76

triadic

#BDB176 #76BDB1 #B176BD

tetradic

#BDB176 #76BD8D #7682BD #BD76A5

square

#BDB176 #76BD8D #7682BD #BD76A5

split-complementary

#BDB176 #76A5BD #8D76BD

monochromatic

#7D723C #A69750 #BDB176 #D1C99F #E5E0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BDB176 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB176

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB176	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)

#BCAE72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.079 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c89e',
    500: '#bdb176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb176;
$custom-light: #d2c89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 34.975,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75659,
    "c": 0.07908,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB176

secondary

#BABED5

accent

#4CAE38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB176

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

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