#BDBD75#BDBD75

#BDBD75 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.094 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD75
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 117)
HSL	hsl(60, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 38.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -10.81, 36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 37.97, 106.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0295 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.094 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3953, 48.4992, 23.9541)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD75 #7575BD

analogous

#BD9975 #BDBD75 #99BD75

triadic

#BDBD75 #75BDBD #BD75BD

tetradic

#BDBD75 #75BD99 #7575BD #BD7599

square

#BDBD75 #75BD99 #7575BD #BD7599

split-complementary

#BDBD75 #7599BD #9975BD

monochromatic

#7C7C3B #A6A64F #BDBD75 #D1D19E #E5E5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBD75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BDBD75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD75

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD75	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)

#C8B770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.094 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d09e',
    500: '#bdbd75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd75;
$custom-light: #d2d09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78189,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD75

secondary

#B9B9D5

accent

#5CCB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD75

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

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