#BDBF72#BDBF72

#BDBF72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.100 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF72
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 114)
HSL	hsl(62, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 40.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -12.17, 38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 40.44, 107.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0337 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.1 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6549, 49.2961, 23.1844)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF72 #7472BF

analogous

#BF9A72 #BDBF72 #97BF72

triadic

#BDBF72 #72BDBF #BF72BD

tetradic

#BDBF72 #72BF9A #7472BF #BF7297

square

#BDBF72 #72BF9A #7472BF #BF7297

split-complementary

#BDBF72 #7297BF #9A72BF

monochromatic

#7C7E39 #A5A84C #BDBF72 #D1D29C #E4E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBF72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BDBF72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF72

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF72	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.100 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d29c',
    500: '#bdbf72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf72;
$custom-light: #d2d29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.558,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7857,
    "c": 0.09955,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF72

secondary

#B8B8D5

accent

#5ACE5D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF72

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

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