#BDBA75#BDBA75

#BDBA75 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.090 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA75
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 117)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 38.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -9.26, 35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 36.56, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0251 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.09 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7566, 47.2219, 23.7413)
Luminance	0.4722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA75 #7578BD

analogous

#BD9675 #BDBA75 #9CBD75

triadic

#BDBA75 #75BDBA #BA75BD

tetradic

#BDBA75 #75BD96 #7578BD #BD759C

square

#BDBA75 #75BD96 #7578BD #BD759C

split-complementary

#BDBA75 #759CBD #9675BD

monochromatic

#7C793B #A6A24F #BDBA75 #D1CF9E #E5E3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBA75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BDBA75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA75

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA75	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.090 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce9d',
    500: '#bdba75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba75;
$custom-light: #d2ce9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77548,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA75

secondary

#B9BAD5

accent

#61CB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA75

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

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