#BDB376#BDB376

#BDB376 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.081 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB376
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 118)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 37.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -5.48, 32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 32.91, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0142 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.081 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3770, 44.3681, 23.5730)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB376 #7680BD

analogous

#BD8F76 #BDB376 #A4BD76

triadic

#BDB376 #76BDB3 #B376BD

tetradic

#BDB376 #76BD8F #7680BD #BD76A4

square

#BDB376 #76BD8F #7680BD #BD76A4

split-complementary

#BDB376 #76A4BD #8F76BD

monochromatic

#7D733C #A69A50 #BDB376 #D1CA9F #E5E1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB376 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BDB376 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB376

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB376	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB376	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb376;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.081 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c99e',
    500: '#bdb376',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb376;
$custom-light: #d2c99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb376",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 34.975,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7608,
    "c": 0.08114,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB376

secondary

#BABED5

accent

#48AE38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB376

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

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