#BDBE79#BDBE79

#BDBE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.090 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE79
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 36.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -10.86, 34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 36.42, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0294 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.09 109)
XYZ	xyz(42.8514, 49.0270, 25.2912)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE79 #7A79BE

analogous

#BE9C79 #BDBE79 #9ABE79

triadic

#BDBE79 #79BDBE #BE79BD

tetradic

#BDBE79 #79BE9C #7A79BE #BE799A

square

#BDBE79 #79BE9C #7A79BE #BE799A

split-complementary

#BDBE79 #799ABE #9C79BE

monochromatic

#7E7F3E #A7A852 #BDBE79 #D1D2A2 #E6E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BDBE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE79

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE79	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.090 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1a0',
    500: '#bdbe79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe79;
$custom-light: #d2d1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7847,
    "c": 0.09027,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.49026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE79

secondary

#BDBCD6

accent

#38AE3A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE79

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

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