#BDBD74#BDBD74

#BDBD74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.095 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD74
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 116)
HSL	hsl(60, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -10.92, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 38.48, 106.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0299 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.095 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3368, 48.4758, 23.6461)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD74 #7474BD

analogous

#BD9974 #BDBD74 #99BD74

triadic

#BDBD74 #74BDBD #BD74BD

tetradic

#BDBD74 #74BD99 #7474BD #BD7499

square

#BDBD74 #74BD99 #7474BD #BD7499

split-complementary

#BDBD74 #7499BD #9974BD

monochromatic

#7C7C3B #A5A54E #BDBD74 #D1D19D #E4E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BDBD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD74

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD74	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B76E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.095 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d09d',
    500: '#bdbd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd74;
$custom-light: #d2d09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78173,
    "c": 0.09484,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD74

secondary

#B8B8D5

accent

#5CCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD74

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

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