#BDAD55#BDAD55

#BDAD55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.111 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD55
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -5.59, 46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 46.99, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0177 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.111 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5708, 41.3633, 14.5974)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD55 #5565BD

analogous

#BD7955 #BDAD55 #99BD55

triadic

#BDAD55 #55BDAD #AD55BD

tetradic

#BDAD55 #55BD79 #5565BD #BD5599

square

#BDAD55 #55BD79 #5565BD #BD5599

split-complementary

#BDAD55 #5599BD #7955BD

monochromatic

#6D632A #998B3C #BDAD55 #CEC281 #DFD8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BDAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD55

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD55	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.111 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c587',
    500: '#bdad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad55;
$custom-light: #d3c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74318,
    "c": 0.11073,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD55

secondary

#A1A8CD

accent

#68D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD55

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

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