#BDBE78#BDBE78

#BDBE78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.091 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE78
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 120)
HSL	hsl(61, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 36.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -10.98, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 36.93, 107.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0298 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.091 109)
XYZ	xyz(42.7904, 49.0026, 24.9700)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE78 #7978BE

analogous

#BE9C78 #BDBE78 #9ABE78

triadic

#BDBE78 #78BDBE #BE78BD

tetradic

#BDBE78 #78BE9C #7978BE #BE789A

square

#BDBE78 #78BE9C #7978BE #BE789A

split-complementary

#BDBE78 #789ABE #9C78BE

monochromatic

#7E7F3D #A7A851 #BDBE78 #D1D2A1 #E5E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BDBE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE78

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE78	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	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)

#C9B873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.091 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1a0',
    500: '#bdbe78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe78;
$custom-light: #d2d1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.857,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78453,
    "c": 0.09144,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.49002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE78

secondary

#BCBCD6

accent

#38AE39

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE78

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

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