#BDBE72#BDBE72

#BDBE72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.098 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE72
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 114)
HSL	hsl(61, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 40%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -11.66, 38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 39.96, 106.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0322 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.098 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4376, 48.8615, 23.1120)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE72 #7372BE

analogous

#BE9972 #BDBE72 #97BE72

triadic

#BDBE72 #72BDBE #BE72BD

tetradic

#BDBE72 #72BE99 #7372BE #BE7297

square

#BDBE72 #72BE99 #7372BE #BE7297

split-complementary

#BDBE72 #7297BE #9972BE

monochromatic

#7B7C39 #A5A64D #BDBE72 #D1D19C #E4E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BDBE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE72

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE72	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.098 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d19c',
    500: '#bdbe72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe72;
$custom-light: #d2d19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.789,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78355,
    "c": 0.09833,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE72

secondary

#B8B7D5

accent

#5BCD5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE72

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

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