#BDB577#BDB577

#BDB577 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.082 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB577
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 119)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 37%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -6.42, 32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 33.26, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0168 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.082 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8405, 45.1995, 24.0222)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB577 #777FBD

analogous

#BD9277 #BDB577 #A2BD77

triadic

#BDB577 #77BDB5 #B577BD

tetradic

#BDB577 #77BD92 #777FBD #BD77A2

square

#BDB577 #77BD92 #777FBD #BD77A2

split-complementary

#BDB577 #77A2BD #9277BD

monochromatic

#7D763D #A69C51 #BDB577 #D1CBA0 #E5E2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BDB577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB577

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB577	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.082 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb9f',
    500: '#bdb577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb577;
$custom-light: #d2cb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7652,
    "c": 0.0821,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB577

secondary

#BBBED5

accent

#45AD38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB577

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

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