#BDA555#BDA555

#BDA555 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.104 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA555
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -1.34, 44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 44.19, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0054 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.104 93)
XYZ	xyz(36.0825, 38.3866, 14.1013)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA555 #556DBD

analogous

#BD7155 #BDA555 #A1BD55

triadic

#BDA555 #55BDA5 #A555BD

tetradic

#BDA555 #55BD71 #556DBD #BD55A1

square

#BDA555 #55BD71 #556DBD #BD55A1

split-complementary

#BDA555 #55A1BD #7155BD

monochromatic

#6D5E2A #99843C #BDA555 #CEBC81 #DFD4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BDA555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA555

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA555	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.104 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf87',
    500: '#bda555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda555;
$custom-light: #d3bf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72636,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.38385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA555

secondary

#A1ABCD

accent

#71D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA555

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

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