#BDB277#BDB277

#BDB277 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.079 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB277
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 119)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 37%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -4.84, 31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 31.97, 98.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0122 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.079 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2371, 43.9926, 23.8210)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB277 #7782BD

analogous

#BD8F77 #BDB277 #A5BD77

triadic

#BDB277 #77BDB2 #B277BD

tetradic

#BDB277 #77BD8F #7782BD #BD77A5

square

#BDB277 #77BD8F #7782BD #BD77A5

split-complementary

#BDB277 #77A5BD #8F77BD

monochromatic

#7D733D #A69951 #BDB277 #D1C9A0 #E5E1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BDB277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB277

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB277	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAF73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.079 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c89f',
    500: '#bdb277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb277;
$custom-light: #d2c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75888,
    "c": 0.07892,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB277

secondary

#BBBFD5

accent

#4AAD38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB277

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

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