#BDB474#BDB474

#BDB474 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.085 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB474
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -6.24, 33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 34.37, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0165 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.085 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4606, 44.7234, 23.0207)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB474 #747DBD

analogous

#BD9074 #BDB474 #A1BD74

triadic

#BDB474 #74BDB4 #B474BD

tetradic

#BDB474 #74BD90 #747DBD #BD74A1

square

#BDB474 #74BD90 #747DBD #BD74A1

split-complementary

#BDB474 #74A1BD #9074BD

monochromatic

#7C743B #A59B4E #BDB474 #D1CA9D #E4E1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BDB474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB474

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB474	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)

#BFB06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.085 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca9d',
    500: '#bdb474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb474;
$custom-light: #d2ca9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.603,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76257,
    "c": 0.08455,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB474

secondary

#B8BCD5

accent

#6ACC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB474

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

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