#BDB975#BDB975

#BDB975 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.089 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB975
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 117)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 38.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -8.74, 35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 36.10, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0236 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.089 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5467, 46.8020, 23.6713)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB975 #7579BD

analogous

#BD9575 #BDB975 #9DBD75

triadic

#BDB975 #75BDB9 #B975BD

tetradic

#BDB975 #75BD95 #7579BD #BD759D

square

#BDB975 #75BD95 #7579BD #BD759D

split-complementary

#BDB975 #759DBD #9575BD

monochromatic

#7C793B #A6A14F #BDB975 #D1CE9E #E5E3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BDB975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB975

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB975	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.089 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd9d',
    500: '#bdb975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb975;
$custom-light: #d2cd9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77335,
    "c": 0.08895,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB975

secondary

#B9BBD5

accent

#63CB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB975

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

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