#BDB877#BDB877

#BDB877 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.085 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB877
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 119)
HSL	hsl(56, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 37%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -7.99, 33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 34.61, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0213 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.085 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4571, 46.4327, 24.2277)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB877 #777CBD

analogous

#BD9577 #BDB877 #9FBD77

triadic

#BDB877 #77BDB8 #B877BD

tetradic

#BDB877 #77BD95 #777CBD #BD779F

square

#BDB877 #77BD95 #777CBD #BD779F

split-complementary

#BDB877 #779FBD #9577BD

monochromatic

#7D783D #A6A051 #BDB877 #D1CEA0 #E5E3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDB877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BDB877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB877

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB877	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.085 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd9f',
    500: '#bdb877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb877;
$custom-light: #d2cd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77156,
    "c": 0.08546,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB877

secondary

#BBBCD5

accent

#40AD38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB877

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

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