#BDB355#BDB355

#BDB355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.116 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB355
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -8.73, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 49.30, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0267 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.116 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7473, 43.7162, 14.9896)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB355 #555FBD

analogous

#BD7F55 #BDB355 #93BD55

triadic

#BDB355 #55BDB3 #B355BD

tetradic

#BDB355 #55BD7F #555FBD #BD5593

square

#BDB355 #55BD7F #555FBD #BD5593

split-complementary

#BDB355 #5593BD #7F55BD

monochromatic

#6D672A #99903C #BDB355 #CEC781 #DFDAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BDB355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB355

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB355	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.116 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c988',
    500: '#bdb355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb355;
$custom-light: #d3c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75594,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB355

secondary

#A1A5CD

accent

#60D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB355

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

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