#BDB77D#BDB77D

#BDB77D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.077 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BDB77D
RGBrgb(189, 183, 125)
HSLhsl(54, 33%, 62%)
HSVhsv(54, 34%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.2%, 33.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(73.65, -6.75, 30.31)
CIE-LCHlch(73.65, 31.05, 102.55°)
OKLaboklab(77.05% -0.0174 0.0752)
OKLCHoklch(77.05% 0.077 103)
XYZxyz(41.6219, 46.1674, 26.1167)
Luminance0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BDB77D #7D83BD
analogous
#BD977D #BDB77D #A3BD7D
triadic
#BDB77D #7DBDB7 #B77DBD
tetradic
#BDB77D #7DBD97 #7D83BD #BD7DA3
square
#BDB77D #7DBD97 #7D83BD #BD7DA3
split-complementary
#BDB77D #7DA3BD #977DBD
monochromatic
#7F7941 #A8A055 #BDB77D #D2CDA6 #E6E4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05
#BDB77D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23
#BDB77D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB77D
10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BDB77D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BDB77D1.002.0510.2310.23
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2321.001.001.00
##00000010.2321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1B379
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B77F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C6AFA8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bdb77d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.077 103.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cca3',
    500: '#bdb77d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bdb77d;
$custom-light: #d2cca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bdb77d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 32.653,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77052,
    "c": 0.07715,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.46166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BDB77D
secondary
#BFC1D7
accent
#45AB3A
background
#FCFCFA
surface
#F9F8F4
border
#D2D1CE
text
#14130F
muted
#82827F

Preview Lab

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#BDB77D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva