#BDB574#BDB574

#BDB574 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.086 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB574
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -6.77, 34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 34.81, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.018 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.086 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6632, 45.1286, 23.0883)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB574 #747CBD

analogous

#BD9174 #BDB574 #A0BD74

triadic

#BDB574 #74BDB5 #B574BD

tetradic

#BDB574 #74BD91 #747CBD #BD74A0

square

#BDB574 #74BD91 #747CBD #BD74A0

split-complementary

#BDB574 #74A0BD #9174BD

monochromatic

#7C753B #A59C4E #BDB574 #D1CB9D #E4E1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB574 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BDB574 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB574

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB574	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB574	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb574;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.086 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb9d',
    500: '#bdb574',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb574;
$custom-light: #d2cb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb574",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.425,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76468,
    "c": 0.08563,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB574

secondary

#B8BBD5

accent

#68CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB574

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

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