#BDB37E#BDB37E

#BDB37E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.072 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB37E
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 126)
HSL	hsl(50, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 33.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -4.52, 28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 28.75, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0109 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.072 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8727, 44.5664, 26.1837)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB37E #7E88BD

analogous

#BD947E #BDB37E #A8BD7E

triadic

#BDB37E #7EBDB3 #B37EBD

tetradic

#BDB37E #7EBD94 #7E88BD #BD7EA8

square

#BDB37E #7EBD94 #7E88BD #BD7EA8

split-complementary

#BDB37E #7EA8BD #947EBD

monochromatic

#7F7641 #A89B56 #BDB37E #D2CBA6 #E6E3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB37E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BDB37E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB37E

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB37E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB37E	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB07A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb37e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.072 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9a4',
    500: '#bdb37e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb37e;
$custom-light: #d1c9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb37e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 32.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76228,
    "c": 0.07155,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB37E

secondary

#C0C3D7

accent

#4CAB3A

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB37E

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

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