#BDB779#BDB779

#BDB779 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.082 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB779
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 36%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -7.23, 32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 33.13, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.019 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.082 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3715, 46.0672, 24.7980)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB779 #797FBD

analogous

#BD9579 #BDB779 #A1BD79

triadic

#BDB779 #79BDB7 #B779BD

tetradic

#BDB779 #79BD95 #797FBD #BD79A1

square

#BDB779 #79BD95 #797FBD #BD79A1

split-complementary

#BDB779 #79A1BD #9579BD

monochromatic

#7E783E #A79F52 #BDB779 #D1CDA2 #E5E3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BDB779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB779

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB779	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.082 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cca0',
    500: '#bdb779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb779;
$custom-light: #d2cca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76979,
    "c": 0.08195,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB779

secondary

#BCBED6

accent

#43AD39

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB779

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

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