#BDBD7E#BDBD7E

#BDBD7E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.083 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD7E
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 126)
HSL	hsl(60, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 33%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 33.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -9.75, 31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 33.37, 106.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0259 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.083 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9501, 48.7211, 26.8762)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD7E #7E7EBD

analogous

#BD9E7E #BDBD7E #9EBD7E

triadic

#BDBD7E #7EBDBD #BD7EBD

tetradic

#BDBD7E #7EBD9E #7E7EBD #BD7E9E

square

#BDBD7E #7EBD9E #7E7EBD #BD7E9E

split-complementary

#BDBD7E #7E9EBD #9E7EBD

monochromatic

#7F7F41 #A8A856 #BDBD7E #D2D2A6 #E6E6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBD7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BDBD7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD7E

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD7E	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B87A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BB81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.083 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0a4',
    500: '#bdbd7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd7e;
$custom-light: #d2d0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 32.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78345,
    "c": 0.0831,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD7E

secondary

#C0C0D7

accent

#3AAB3A

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD7E

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

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