#BDBF74#BDBF74

#BDBF74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.097 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF74
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 116)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 39.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -11.95, 37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 39.43, 107.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0329 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.097 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7700, 49.3422, 23.7905)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF74 #7674BF

analogous

#BF9B74 #BDBF74 #97BF74

triadic

#BDBF74 #74BDBF #BF74BD

tetradic

#BDBF74 #74BF9B #7674BF #BF7497

square

#BDBF74 #74BF9B #7674BF #BF7497

split-complementary

#BDBF74 #7497BF #9B74BF

monochromatic

#7D7E3A #A6A84D #BDBF74 #D1D29E #E5E6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBF74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BDBF74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF74

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF74	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.097 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d29d',
    500: '#bdbf74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf74;
$custom-light: #d2d29d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.6,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78602,
    "c": 0.09728,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF74

secondary

#BAB9D6

accent

#36B039

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF74

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

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