#BDB274#BDB274

#BDB274 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.082 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB274
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -5.19, 33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 33.52, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0135 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.082 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0598, 43.9217, 22.8871)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB274 #747FBD

analogous

#BD8E74 #BDB274 #A4BD74

triadic

#BDB274 #74BDB2 #B274BD

tetradic

#BDB274 #74BD8E #747FBD #BD74A4

square

#BDB274 #74BD8E #747FBD #BD74A4

split-complementary

#BDB274 #74A4BD #8E74BD

monochromatic

#7C723B #A5984E #BDB274 #D1C99D #E4E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BDB274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB274

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB274	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.082 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c89d',
    500: '#bdb274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb274;
$custom-light: #d2c89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75835,
    "c": 0.08244,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB274

secondary

#B8BDD5

accent

#6DCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB274

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

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