#BDBE7B#BDBE7B

#BDBE7B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.088 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE7B
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 123)
HSL	hsl(61, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 35%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 35.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -10.63, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 35.40, 107.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0286 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.088 109)
XYZ	xyz(42.9753, 49.0765, 25.9439)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE7B #7C7BBE

analogous

#BE9E7B #BDBE7B #9CBE7B

triadic

#BDBE7B #7BBDBE #BE7BBD

tetradic

#BDBE7B #7BBE9E #7C7BBE #BE7B9C

square

#BDBE7B #7BBE9E #7C7BBE #BE7B9C

split-complementary

#BDBE7B #7B9CBE #9E7BBE

monochromatic

#7F803F #A7A953 #BDBE7B #D2D2A4 #E6E6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBE7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BDBE7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE7B

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE7B	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.088 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1a2',
    500: '#bdbe7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe7b;
$custom-light: #d2d1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 34.01,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78505,
    "c": 0.08792,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.49076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE7B

secondary

#BEBED7

accent

#39AD3A

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F3

border

#D3D2CD

text

#14140F

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE7B

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

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