#BDB480#BDB480

#BDB480 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.070 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB480
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 128)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 32.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -4.80, 27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 28.14, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0116 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.07 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2042, 45.0208, 26.9372)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB480 #8089BD

analogous

#BD9680 #BDB480 #A7BD80

triadic

#BDB480 #80BDB4 #B480BD

tetradic

#BDB480 #80BD96 #8089BD #BD80A7

square

#BDB480 #80BD96 #8089BD #BD80A7

split-complementary

#BDB480 #80A7BD #9680BD

monochromatic

#807743 #A89C58 #BDB480 #D2CCA8 #E7E4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BDB480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB480

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB480	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB17C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.070 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caa5',
    500: '#bdb480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb480;
$custom-light: #d1caa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 31.606,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76476,
    "c": 0.07016,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB480

secondary

#C1C5D8

accent

#4CAA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB480

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

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