#BDBE76#BDBE76

#BDBE76 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.094 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE76
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 118)
HSL	hsl(61, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 37.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -11.21, 36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 37.94, 107.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0306 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.094 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6702, 48.9545, 24.3374)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE76 #7776BE

analogous

#BE9B76 #BDBE76 #99BE76

triadic

#BDBE76 #76BDBE #BE76BD

tetradic

#BDBE76 #76BE9B #7776BE #BE7699

square

#BDBE76 #76BE9B #7776BE #BE7699

split-complementary

#BDBE76 #7699BE #9B76BE

monochromatic

#7D7E3C #A6A74F #BDBE76 #D1D2A0 #E5E5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BDBE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE76

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE76	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)

#C9B871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.094 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d19e',
    500: '#bdbe76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe76;
$custom-light: #d2d19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.833,
    "s": 35.644,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7842,
    "c": 0.09376,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE76

secondary

#BBBAD6

accent

#37AF39

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE76

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

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