#BDBE73#BDBE73

#BDBE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.097 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE73
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 115)
HSL	hsl(61, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 39.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -11.55, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 39.46, 107.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0318 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.097 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4948, 48.8844, 23.4134)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE73 #7473BE

analogous

#BE9A73 #BDBE73 #98BE73

triadic

#BDBE73 #73BDBE #BE73BD

tetradic

#BDBE73 #73BE9A #7473BE #BE7398

square

#BDBE73 #73BE9A #7473BE #BE7398

split-complementary

#BDBE73 #7398BE #9A73BE

monochromatic

#7C7D3A #A5A64D #BDBE73 #D1D19D #E4E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BDBE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE73

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE73	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.097 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d19c',
    500: '#bdbe73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe73;
$custom-light: #d2d19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.8,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78371,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE73

secondary

#B8B8D5

accent

#5BCD5D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE73

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

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