#BDBD71#BDBD71

#BDBD71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.098 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD71
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 113)
HSL	hsl(60, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 40.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -11.25, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 39.99, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0311 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.098 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1651, 48.4071, 22.7419)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD71 #7171BD

analogous

#BD9771 #BDBD71 #97BD71

triadic

#BDBD71 #71BDBD #BD71BD

tetradic

#BDBD71 #71BD97 #7171BD #BD7197

square

#BDBD71 #71BD97 #7171BD #BD7197

split-complementary

#BDBD71 #7197BD #9771BD

monochromatic

#7B7B39 #A4A44C #BDBD71 #D0D09B #E4E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBD71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BDBD71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD71

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD71	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B76B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.098 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d09b',
    500: '#bdbd71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd71;
$custom-light: #d2d09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78124,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD71

secondary

#B6B6D4

accent

#5BCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD71

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

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