#BDBA70#BDBA70

#BDBA70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.096 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA70
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 112)
HSL	hsl(58, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 40.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -9.81, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 39.10, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0271 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.096 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4705, 47.1074, 22.2342)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA70 #7073BD

analogous

#BD9470 #BDBA70 #9ABD70

triadic

#BDBA70 #70BDBA #BA70BD

tetradic

#BDBA70 #70BD94 #7073BD #BD709A

square

#BDBA70 #70BD94 #7073BD #BD709A

split-complementary

#BDBA70 #709ABD #9470BD

monochromatic

#7A7838 #A4A14C #BDBA70 #D0CE9A #E4E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBA70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BDBA70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA70

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA70	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B56A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.096 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce9a',
    500: '#bdba70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba70;
$custom-light: #d2ce9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.662,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77466,
    "c": 0.09585,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA70

secondary

#B5B6D4

accent

#5FCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA70

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

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