#BDB374#BDB374

#BDB374 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.083 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB374
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 116)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -5.72, 33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 33.94, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.015 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.083 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2595, 44.3211, 22.9537)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB374 #747EBD

analogous

#BD8F74 #BDB374 #A3BD74

triadic

#BDB374 #74BDB3 #B374BD

tetradic

#BDB374 #74BD8F #747EBD #BD74A3

square

#BDB374 #74BD8F #747EBD #BD74A3

split-complementary

#BDB374 #74A3BD #8F74BD

monochromatic

#7C733B #A5994E #BDB374 #D1CA9D #E4E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB374 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BDB374 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB374

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB374	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB374	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb374;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.083 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c99d',
    500: '#bdb374',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb374;
$custom-light: #d2c99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb374",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.781,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76045,
    "c": 0.08348,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB374

secondary

#B8BCD5

accent

#6BCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB374

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

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