#BDBA76#BDBA76

#BDBA76 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.089 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA76
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 118)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 37.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -9.14, 34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 36.05, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0247 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.089 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8158, 47.2455, 24.0526)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA76 #7679BD

analogous

#BD9776 #BDBA76 #9CBD76

triadic

#BDBA76 #76BDBA #BA76BD

tetradic

#BDBA76 #76BD97 #7679BD #BD769C

square

#BDBA76 #76BD97 #7679BD #BD769C

split-complementary

#BDBA76 #769CBD #9776BD

monochromatic

#7D7A3C #A6A250 #BDBA76 #D1CF9F #E5E4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBA76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BDBA76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA76

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA76	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.089 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce9e',
    500: '#bdba76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba76;
$custom-light: #d2ce9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 34.975,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77565,
    "c": 0.08896,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA76

secondary

#BABBD5

accent

#3DAE38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA76

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

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