#BDB475#BDB475

#BDB475 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.083 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB475
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 117)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 38.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -6.13, 33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 33.86, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0161 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.083 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5191, 44.7468, 23.3287)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB475 #757EBD

analogous

#BD9075 #BDB475 #A2BD75

triadic

#BDB475 #75BDB4 #B475BD

tetradic

#BDB475 #75BD90 #757EBD #BD75A2

square

#BDB475 #75BD90 #757EBD #BD75A2

split-complementary

#BDB475 #75A2BD #9075BD

monochromatic

#7C743B #A69B4F #BDB475 #D1CA9E #E5E1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB475 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BDB475 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB475

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB475	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB475	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb475;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.083 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca9d',
    500: '#bdb475',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb475;
$custom-light: #d2ca9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb475",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76274,
    "c": 0.08337,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB475

secondary

#B9BDD5

accent

#6ACB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB475

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

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