#BDB97E#BDB97E

#BDB97E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.078 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB97E
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 126)
HSL	hsl(56, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 33%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 33.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -7.67, 30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 31.46, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.02 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.078 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1015, 47.0240, 26.5933)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB97E #7E82BD

analogous

#BD9A7E #BDB97E #A2BD7E

triadic

#BDB97E #7EBDB9 #B97EBD

tetradic

#BDB97E #7EBD9A #7E82BD #BD7EA2

square

#BDB97E #7EBD9A #7E82BD #BD7EA2

split-complementary

#BDB97E #7EA2BD #9A7EBD

monochromatic

#7F7B41 #A8A356 #BDB97E #D2CFA6 #E6E5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDB97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BDB97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB97E

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB97E	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)

#C3B57A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.078 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cda4',
    500: '#bdb97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb97e;
$custom-light: #d2cda4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 32.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77494,
    "c": 0.07826,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB97E

secondary

#C0C1D7

accent

#42AB3A

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB97E

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

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