#BDBE77#BDBE77

#BDBE77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.093 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE77
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 119)
HSL	hsl(61, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 37.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -11.10, 35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 37.44, 107.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0302 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.093 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7300, 48.9784, 24.6520)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE77 #7877BE

analogous

#BE9B77 #BDBE77 #99BE77

triadic

#BDBE77 #77BDBE #BE77BD

tetradic

#BDBE77 #77BE9B #7877BE #BE7799

square

#BDBE77 #77BE9B #7877BE #BE7799

split-complementary

#BDBE77 #7799BE #9B77BE

monochromatic

#7D7E3C #A6A850 #BDBE77 #D1D2A0 #E5E6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BDBE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE77

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE77	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.093 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d19f',
    500: '#bdbe77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe77;
$custom-light: #d2d19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 35.323,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78436,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE77

secondary

#BBBBD6

accent

#37AE39

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE77

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

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