#BDBD72#BDBD72

#BDBD72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.097 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD72
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -11.14, 37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 39.49, 106.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0307 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.097 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2217, 48.4298, 23.0400)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD72 #7272BD

analogous

#BD9872 #BDBD72 #98BD72

triadic

#BDBD72 #72BDBD #BD72BD

tetradic

#BDBD72 #72BD98 #7272BD #BD7298

square

#BDBD72 #72BD98 #7272BD #BD7298

split-complementary

#BDBD72 #7298BD #9872BD

monochromatic

#7B7B3A #A5A54D #BDBD72 #D1D19C #E4E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BDBD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD72

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD72	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B76C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.097 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d09b',
    500: '#bdbd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd72;
$custom-light: #d2d09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7814,
    "c": 0.09712,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD72

secondary

#B7B7D4

accent

#5CCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD72

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

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