#BDB17C#BDB17C

#BDB17C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.072 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB17C
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 124)
HSL	hsl(49, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 34.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -3.71, 28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 28.95, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0087 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.072 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3471, 43.7194, 25.3782)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB17C #7C88BD

analogous

#BD917C #BDB17C #A9BD7C

triadic

#BDB17C #7CBDB1 #B17CBD

tetradic

#BDB17C #7CBD91 #7C88BD #BD7CA9

square

#BDB17C #7CBD91 #7C88BD #BD7CA9

split-complementary

#BDB17C #7CA9BD #917CBD

monochromatic

#7F7340 #A79854 #BDB17C #D2C9A5 #E6E1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BDB17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB17C

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB17C	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAE78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.072 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c8a2',
    500: '#bdb17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb17c;
$custom-light: #d2c8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 32.995,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7577,
    "c": 0.07191,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB17C

secondary

#BEC3D7

accent

#4FAC3A

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F3

border

#D2D1CD

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB17C

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

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