#BDB372#BDB372

#BDB372 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.086 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB372
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -5.94, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 34.97, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0158 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.086 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1444, 44.2751, 22.3476)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB372 #727CBD

analogous

#BD8E72 #BDB372 #A2BD72

triadic

#BDB372 #72BDB3 #B372BD

tetradic

#BDB372 #72BD8E #727CBD #BD72A2

square

#BDB372 #72BD8E #727CBD #BD72A2

split-complementary

#BDB372 #72A2BD #8E72BD

monochromatic

#7B723A #A5994D #BDB372 #D1C99C #E4E0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BDB372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB372

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB372	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.086 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c99b',
    500: '#bdb372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb372;
$custom-light: #d2c99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76011,
    "c": 0.08581,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB372

secondary

#B7BBD4

accent

#6BCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB372

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

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