#BDB177#BDB177

#BDB177 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.078 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB177
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 119)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 37%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -4.31, 31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 31.55, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0107 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.078 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0388, 43.5962, 23.7550)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB177 #7783BD

analogous

#BD8E77 #BDB177 #A6BD77

triadic

#BDB177 #77BDB1 #B177BD

tetradic

#BDB177 #77BD8E #7783BD #BD77A6

square

#BDB177 #77BD8E #7783BD #BD77A6

split-complementary

#BDB177 #77A6BD #8E77BD

monochromatic

#7D723D #A69751 #BDB177 #D1C9A0 #E5E0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BDB177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB177

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB177	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAE73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.078 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c89f',
    500: '#bdb177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb177;
$custom-light: #d2c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75677,
    "c": 0.07789,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB177

secondary

#BBBFD5

accent

#4CAD38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB177

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

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