#BDB875#BDB875

#BDB875 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.088 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB875
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 117)
HSL	hsl(56, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 38.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -8.22, 34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 35.64, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0221 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.088 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3383, 46.3851, 23.6018)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB875 #757ABD

analogous

#BD9475 #BDB875 #9EBD75

triadic

#BDB875 #75BDB8 #B875BD

tetradic

#BDB875 #75BD94 #757ABD #BD759E

square

#BDB875 #75BD94 #757ABD #BD759E

split-complementary

#BDB875 #759EBD #9475BD

monochromatic

#7C783B #A6A04F #BDB875 #D1CD9E #E5E3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDB875 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BDB875 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB875

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB875	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB875	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb875;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.088 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd9d',
    500: '#bdb875',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb875;
$custom-light: #d2cd9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb875",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77122,
    "c": 0.0878,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB875

secondary

#B9BBD5

accent

#64CB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB875

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

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