#BDB178#BDB178

#BDB178 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.077 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB178
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 120)
HSL	hsl(50, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 36.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -4.19, 30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 31.03, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0103 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.077 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0992, 43.6203, 24.0729)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB178 #7884BD

analogous

#BD8E78 #BDB178 #A6BD78

triadic

#BDB178 #78BDB1 #B178BD

tetradic

#BDB178 #78BD8E #7884BD #BD78A6

square

#BDB178 #78BD8E #7884BD #BD78A6

split-complementary

#BDB178 #78A6BD #8E78BD

monochromatic

#7D723D #A69851 #BDB178 #D1C9A1 #E5E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BDB178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB178

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB178	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)

#BCAE74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.077 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c89f',
    500: '#bdb178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb178;
$custom-light: #d2c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75695,
    "c": 0.07671,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB178

secondary

#BBC0D6

accent

#4DAD38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB178

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

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