#BDBE7D#BDBE7D

#BDBE7D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.086 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE7D
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 125)
HSL	hsl(61, 33%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 34%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 34.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -10.39, 32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 34.38, 107.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0278 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.086 109)
XYZ	xyz(43.1018, 49.1271, 26.6100)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE7D #7E7DBE

analogous

#BE9F7D #BDBE7D #9DBE7D

triadic

#BDBE7D #7DBDBE #BE7DBD

tetradic

#BDBE7D #7DBE9F #7E7DBE #BE7D9D

square

#BDBE7D #7DBE9F #7E7DBE #BE7D9D

split-complementary

#BDBE7D #7D9DBE #9F7DBE

monochromatic

#7F8040 #A8A955 #BDBE7D #D2D2A6 #E6E7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBE7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BDBE7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE7D

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE7D	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B978

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.086 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1a3',
    500: '#bdbe7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe7d;
$custom-light: #d2d1a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7854,
    "c": 0.08553,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.49126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE7D

secondary

#C0BFD7

accent

#39AC3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE7D

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

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