#BDB970#BDB970

#BDB970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.095 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB970
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 112)
HSL	hsl(57, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 40.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -9.30, 37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 38.64, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0256 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.095 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2606, 46.6876, 22.1642)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB970 #7074BD

analogous

#BD9370 #BDB970 #9BBD70

triadic

#BDB970 #70BDB9 #B970BD

tetradic

#BDB970 #70BD93 #7074BD #BD709B

square

#BDB970 #70BD93 #7074BD #BD709B

split-complementary

#BDB970 #709BBD #9370BD

monochromatic

#7A7738 #A49F4C #BDB970 #D0CD9A #E4E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BDB970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB970

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB970	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.095 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd9a',
    500: '#bdb970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb970;
$custom-light: #d2cd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.883,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77252,
    "c": 0.0947,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB970

secondary

#B5B7D4

accent

#61CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB970

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

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