#BDB055#BDB055

#BDB055 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB055
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -7.17, 47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 48.13, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0222 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.114 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1526, 42.5268, 14.7914)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB055 #5562BD

analogous

#BD7C55 #BDB055 #96BD55

triadic

#BDB055 #55BDB0 #B055BD

tetradic

#BDB055 #55BD7C #5562BD #BD5596

square

#BDB055 #55BD7C #5562BD #BD5596

split-complementary

#BDB055 #5596BD #7C55BD

monochromatic

#6D652A #998E3C #BDB055 #CEC481 #DFD9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BDB055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB055

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB055	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c788',
    500: '#bdb055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb055;
$custom-light: #d3c788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74954,
    "c": 0.11352,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB055

secondary

#A1A6CD

accent

#64D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB055

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

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