#BDB472#BDB472

#BDB472 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.087 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB472
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -6.47, 34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 35.40, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0173 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.087 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3455, 44.6773, 22.4146)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB472 #727BBD

analogous

#BD8F72 #BDB472 #A1BD72

triadic

#BDB472 #72BDB4 #B472BD

tetradic

#BDB472 #72BD8F #727BBD #BD72A1

square

#BDB472 #72BD8F #727BBD #BD72A1

split-complementary

#BDB472 #72A1BD #8F72BD

monochromatic

#7B733A #A59A4D #BDB472 #D1CA9C #E4E0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BDB472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB472

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB472	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB06D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.087 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca9b',
    500: '#bdb472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb472;
$custom-light: #d2ca9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76223,
    "c": 0.08686,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB472

secondary

#B7BAD4

accent

#69CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB472

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

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