#BDBA72#BDBA72

#BDBA72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.094 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA72
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -9.60, 36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 38.08, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0263 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.094 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5831, 47.1525, 22.8272)
Luminance	0.4715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA72 #7275BD

analogous

#BD9572 #BDBA72 #9BBD72

triadic

#BDBA72 #72BDBA #BA72BD

tetradic

#BDBA72 #72BD95 #7275BD #BD729B

square

#BDBA72 #72BD95 #7275BD #BD729B

split-complementary

#BDBA72 #729BBD #9572BD

monochromatic

#7B783A #A5A14D #BDBA72 #D1CE9C #E4E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BDBA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA72

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA72	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B56C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.094 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce9b',
    500: '#bdba72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba72;
$custom-light: #d2ce9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77498,
    "c": 0.09357,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA72

secondary

#B7B8D4

accent

#60CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA72

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

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