#BDB97D#BDB97D

#BDB97D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.079 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB97D
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 125)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 33.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -7.79, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 31.98, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0204 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.079 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0373, 46.9983, 26.2552)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB97D #7D81BD

analogous

#BD997D #BDB97D #A1BD7D

triadic

#BDB97D #7DBDB9 #B97DBD

tetradic

#BDB97D #7DBD99 #7D81BD #BD7DA1

square

#BDB97D #7DBD99 #7D81BD #BD7DA1

split-complementary

#BDB97D #7DA1BD #997DBD

monochromatic

#7F7B41 #A8A355 #BDB97D #D2CFA6 #E6E5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDB97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BDB97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB97D

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB97D	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B87F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.079 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cda3',
    500: '#bdb97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb97d;
$custom-light: #d2cda3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 32.653,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77475,
    "c": 0.07947,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB97D

secondary

#BFC0D7

accent

#41AB3A

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB97D

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

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