#BDBF78#BDBF78

#BDBF78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.093 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF78
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 120)
HSL	hsl(62, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 37.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -11.50, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 37.41, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0313 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.093 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0077, 49.4372, 25.0424)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF78 #7A78BF

analogous

#BF9D78 #BDBF78 #99BF78

triadic

#BDBF78 #78BDBF #BF78BD

tetradic

#BDBF78 #78BF9D #7A78BF #BF7899

square

#BDBF78 #78BF9D #7A78BF #BF7899

split-complementary

#BDBF78 #7899BF #9D78BF

monochromatic

#7E803D #A7A950 #BDBF78 #D1D3A2 #E6E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBF78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BDBF78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF78

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF78	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.093 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2a0',
    500: '#bdbf78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf78;
$custom-light: #d2d2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.69,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78668,
    "c": 0.09268,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF78

secondary

#BDBCD7

accent

#37AF3A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF78

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

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