#BDBE7A#BDBE7A

#BDBE7A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.089 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE7A
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 122)
HSL	hsl(61, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 35.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -10.75, 34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 35.91, 107.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.029 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.089 109)
XYZ	xyz(42.9130, 49.0516, 25.6159)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE7A #7B7ABE

analogous

#BE9D7A #BDBE7A #9BBE7A

triadic

#BDBE7A #7ABDBE #BE7ABD

tetradic

#BDBE7A #7ABE9D #7B7ABE #BE7A9B

square

#BDBE7A #7ABE9D #7B7ABE #BE7A9B

split-complementary

#BDBE7A #7A9BBE #9D7ABE

monochromatic

#7E7F3E #A7A852 #BDBE7A #D1D2A3 #E6E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBE7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BDBE7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE7A

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE7A	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)

#C8B975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.089 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1a1',
    500: '#bdbe7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe7a;
$custom-light: #d2d1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 34.343,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78488,
    "c": 0.0891,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.49051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE7A

secondary

#BEBDD7

accent

#38AD3A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE7A

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

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