#BDB575#BDB575

#BDB575 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.084 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB575
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 117)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 38.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -6.65, 33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 34.29, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0176 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.084 102)
XYZ	xyz(40.7217, 45.1520, 23.3963)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB575 #757DBD

analogous

#BD9175 #BDB575 #A1BD75

triadic

#BDB575 #75BDB5 #B575BD

tetradic

#BDB575 #75BD91 #757DBD #BD75A1

square

#BDB575 #75BD91 #757DBD #BD75A1

split-complementary

#BDB575 #75A1BD #9175BD

monochromatic

#7C753B #A69C4F #BDB575 #D1CB9E #E5E1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB575 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BDB575 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB575

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB575	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB575	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)

#C0B170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb575;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.084 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb9d',
    500: '#bdb575',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb575;
$custom-light: #d2cb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb575",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76485,
    "c": 0.08446,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.45151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB575

secondary

#B9BCD5

accent

#69CB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB575

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

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