#BDB276#BDB276

#BDB276 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.080 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB276
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 118)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 37.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -4.96, 32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 32.48, 98.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0126 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.08 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1773, 43.9687, 23.5064)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB276 #7681BD

analogous

#BD8E76 #BDB276 #A4BD76

triadic

#BDB276 #76BDB2 #B276BD

tetradic

#BDB276 #76BD8E #7681BD #BD76A4

square

#BDB276 #76BD8E #7681BD #BD76A4

split-complementary

#BDB276 #76A4BD #8E76BD

monochromatic

#7D733C #A69950 #BDB276 #D1C99F #E5E0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB276 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BDB276 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB276

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB276	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB276	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAF72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb276;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.080 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c89e',
    500: '#bdb276',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb276;
$custom-light: #d2c89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb276",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 34.975,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7587,
    "c": 0.0801,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB276

secondary

#BABED5

accent

#4AAE38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB276

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

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