#BDB270 — Yellow

#BDB270 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.

#BDB270 color swatch, yellow#BDB270
CSS Namedarkkhaki (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f6f6f1
100#eceae0
200#dddac5
300#c8c29c
400#ada46c
500#988d47
600#867b37
700#706626
800#5d541d
900#4f4717
950#2f290a

Accessibility

Contrast on white
2.15:1
Contrast on black
9.77:1
  • 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 0.006 100); /* #f6f6f1 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.014 100); /* #eceae0 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.028 100); /* #dddac5 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.051 100); /* #c8c29c */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.076 100); /* #ada46c */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.091 100); /* #988d47 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.09 100); /* #867b37 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.084 100); /* #706626 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.075 100); /* #5d541d */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.068 100); /* #4f4717 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.048 100); /* #2f290a */
}

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