#BDB155#BDB155

#BDB155 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.114 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB155
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -7.69, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 48.51, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0237 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.114 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3494, 42.9204, 14.8570)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB155 #5561BD

analogous

#BD7D55 #BDB155 #95BD55

triadic

#BDB155 #55BDB1 #B155BD

tetradic

#BDB155 #55BD7D #5561BD #BD5595

square

#BDB155 #55BD7D #5561BD #BD5595

split-complementary

#BDB155 #5595BD #7D55BD

monochromatic

#6D652A #998E3C #BDB155 #CEC581 #DFD9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BDB155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB155

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB155	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.114 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c888',
    500: '#bdb155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb155;
$custom-light: #d3c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75167,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB155

secondary

#A1A6CD

accent

#63D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB155

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

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