#BDBD79#BDBD79

#BDBD79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.089 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD79
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 36%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -10.35, 34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 35.94, 106.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0279 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.089 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6355, 48.5953, 25.2193)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD79 #7979BD

analogous

#BD9B79 #BDBD79 #9BBD79

triadic

#BDBD79 #79BDBD #BD79BD

tetradic

#BDBD79 #79BD9B #7979BD #BD799B

square

#BDBD79 #79BD9B #7979BD #BD799B

split-complementary

#BDBD79 #799BBD #9B79BD

monochromatic

#7E7E3E #A7A752 #BDBD79 #D1D1A2 #E5E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BDBD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD79

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD79	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.089 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0a0',
    500: '#bdbd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd79;
$custom-light: #d2d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78256,
    "c": 0.08904,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD79

secondary

#BCBCD6

accent

#39AD39

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD79

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

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