#BDB271#BDB271

#BDB271 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.086 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB271
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 113)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 40.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -5.53, 34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 35.06, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0147 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.086 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8881, 43.8530, 21.9829)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB271 #717CBD

analogous

#BD8C71 #BDB271 #A2BD71

triadic

#BDB271 #71BDB2 #B271BD

tetradic

#BDB271 #71BD8C #717CBD #BD71A2

square

#BDB271 #71BD8C #717CBD #BD71A2

split-complementary

#BDB271 #71A2BD #8C71BD

monochromatic

#7B7139 #A4984C #BDB271 #D0C99B #E4DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BDB271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB271

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB271	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAE6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.086 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c89a',
    500: '#bdb271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb271;
$custom-light: #d2c89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.316,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75783,
    "c": 0.08592,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB271

secondary

#B6BAD4

accent

#6CCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB271

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

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