#BDB170 — Yellow

#BDB170 is a yellow in the Yellow family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty light butter yellow, and it is also commonly known as Butter Yellow, Lemon Chiffon. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#BDB170 color swatch, yellow#BDB170
CSS Namedarkkhaki (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f6f6f1
100#eceae0
200#dddac5
300#c8c19c
400#ada36c
500#998c48
600#867a38
700#716527
800#5e541e
900#504717
950#2f290b

Accessibility

Contrast on white
2.17:1
Contrast on black
9.69:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whiteFail

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.006 99.1); /* #f6f6f1 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.014 99.1); /* #eceae0 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.028 99.1); /* #dddac5 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.051 99.1); /* #c8c19c */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.075 99.1); /* #ada36c */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.09 99.1); /* #998c48 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.089 99.1); /* #867a38 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.083 99.1); /* #716527 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.074 99.1); /* #5e541e */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.067 99.1); /* #504717 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.047 99.1); /* #2f290b */
}

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