#BDB477#BDB477

#BDB477 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.081 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB477
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 119)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 37%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -5.89, 32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 32.82, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0153 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.081 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6379, 44.7943, 23.9547)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB477 #7780BD

analogous

#BD9177 #BDB477 #A3BD77

triadic

#BDB477 #77BDB4 #B477BD

tetradic

#BDB477 #77BD91 #7780BD #BD77A3

square

#BDB477 #77BD91 #7780BD #BD77A3

split-complementary

#BDB477 #77A3BD #9177BD

monochromatic

#7D753D #A69B51 #BDB477 #D1CBA0 #E5E1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BDB477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB477

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB477	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.081 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca9f',
    500: '#bdb477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb477;
$custom-light: #d2ca9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76309,
    "c": 0.08101,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB477

secondary

#BBBED5

accent

#47AD38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB477

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

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