#BDAB55#BDAB55

#BDAB55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.109 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB55
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -4.54, 46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 46.26, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0146 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.109 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1902, 40.6021, 14.4706)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB55 #5567BD

analogous

#BD7755 #BDAB55 #9BBD55

triadic

#BDAB55 #55BDAB #AB55BD

tetradic

#BDAB55 #55BD77 #5567BD #BD559B

square

#BDAB55 #55BD77 #5567BD #BD559B

split-complementary

#BDAB55 #559BBD #7755BD

monochromatic

#6D622A #99893C #BDAB55 #CEC181 #DFD7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDAB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BDAB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB55

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB55	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.109 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c387',
    500: '#bdab55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab55;
$custom-light: #d3c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73895,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB55

secondary

#A1A8CD

accent

#6AD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB55

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →