#BDBE75#BDBE75

#BDBE75 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.095 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE75
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 117)
HSL	hsl(61, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 38.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -11.33, 36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 38.45, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.031 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.095 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6111, 48.9309, 24.0261)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE75 #7675BE

analogous

#BE9A75 #BDBE75 #98BE75

triadic

#BDBE75 #75BDBE #BE75BD

tetradic

#BDBE75 #75BE9A #7675BE #BE7598

square

#BDBE75 #75BE9A #7675BE #BE7598

split-complementary

#BDBE75 #7598BE #9A75BE

monochromatic

#7D7D3B #A6A74F #BDBE75 #D1D29F #E5E5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBE75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BDBE75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE75

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE75	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.095 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d19e',
    500: '#bdbe75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe75;
$custom-light: #d2d19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.822,
    "s": 35.961,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78403,
    "c": 0.09491,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE75

secondary

#BAB9D5

accent

#37AF38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE75

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

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