#BDB377#BDB377

#BDB377 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.080 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB377
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 119)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 37%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -5.37, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 32.39, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0138 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.08 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4368, 44.3920, 23.8876)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB377 #7781BD

analogous

#BD9077 #BDB377 #A4BD77

triadic

#BDB377 #77BDB3 #B377BD

tetradic

#BDB377 #77BD90 #7781BD #BD77A4

square

#BDB377 #77BD90 #7781BD #BD77A4

split-complementary

#BDB377 #77A4BD #9077BD

monochromatic

#7D743D #A69A51 #BDB377 #D1CAA0 #E5E1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB377 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BDB377 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB377

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB377	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB377	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb377;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.080 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c99f',
    500: '#bdb377',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb377;
$custom-light: #d2c99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb377",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76098,
    "c": 0.07995,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB377

secondary

#BBBED5

accent

#49AD38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB377

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

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