#BDB772#BDB772

#BDB772 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.090 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB772
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -8.04, 35.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 36.72, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0218 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.09 104)
XYZ	xyz(40.9577, 45.9017, 22.6187)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB772 #7278BD

analogous

#BD9272 #BDB772 #9EBD72

triadic

#BDB772 #72BDB7 #B772BD

tetradic

#BDB772 #72BD92 #7278BD #BD729E

square

#BDB772 #72BD92 #7278BD #BD729E

split-complementary

#BDB772 #729EBD #9272BD

monochromatic

#7B763A #A59E4D #BDB772 #D1CC9C #E4E2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BDB772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB772

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB772	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B26D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.090 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc9b',
    500: '#bdb772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb772;
$custom-light: #d2cc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76859,
    "c": 0.09015,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.45901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB772

secondary

#B7B9D4

accent

#65CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB772

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

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