#BDB255#BDB255

#BDB255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.115 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB255
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -8.21, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 48.90, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0252 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.115 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5476, 43.3168, 14.9230)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB255 #5560BD

analogous

#BD7E55 #BDB255 #94BD55

triadic

#BDB255 #55BDB2 #B255BD

tetradic

#BDB255 #55BD7E #5560BD #BD5594

square

#BDB255 #55BD7E #5560BD #BD5594

split-complementary

#BDB255 #5594BD #7E55BD

monochromatic

#6D662A #998F3C #BDB255 #CEC681 #DFDAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BDB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB255

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB255	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.115 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c888',
    500: '#bdb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb255;
$custom-light: #d3c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.654,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7538,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB255

secondary

#A1A5CD

accent

#62D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB255

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

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