#BDBB79#BDBB79

#BDBB79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.087 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB79
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 36%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -9.31, 33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 34.98, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.025 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.087 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2083, 47.7408, 25.0769)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB79 #797BBD

analogous

#BD9979 #BDBB79 #9DBD79

triadic

#BDBB79 #79BDBB #BB79BD

tetradic

#BDBB79 #79BD99 #797BBD #BD799D

square

#BDBB79 #79BD99 #797BBD #BD799D

split-complementary

#BDBB79 #799DBD #9979BD

monochromatic

#7E7C3E #A7A452 #BDBB79 #D1D0A2 #E5E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BDBB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB79

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB79	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.087 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfa0',
    500: '#bdbb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb79;
$custom-light: #d2cfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77829,
    "c": 0.08662,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB79

secondary

#BCBDD6

accent

#3CAD39

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB79

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

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