#BDB978#BDB978

#BDB978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.085 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB978
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(57, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 36.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -8.39, 33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 34.56, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0224 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.085 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7259, 46.8737, 24.6152)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB978 #787CBD

analogous

#BD9678 #BDB978 #9EBD78

triadic

#BDB978 #78BDB9 #B978BD

tetradic

#BDB978 #78BD96 #787CBD #BD789E

square

#BDB978 #78BD96 #787CBD #BD789E

split-complementary

#BDB978 #789EBD #9678BD

monochromatic

#7D7A3D #A6A251 #BDB978 #D1CEA1 #E5E4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDB978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BDB978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB978

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB978	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.085 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cda0',
    500: '#bdb978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb978;
$custom-light: #d2cda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77386,
    "c": 0.08544,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB978

secondary

#BBBDD6

accent

#3FAD38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB978

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

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