#BDB455#BDB455

#BDB455 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.117 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB455
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -9.25, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 49.70, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0282 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.117 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9484, 44.1185, 15.0566)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB455 #555EBD

analogous

#BD8055 #BDB455 #92BD55

triadic

#BDB455 #55BDB4 #B455BD

tetradic

#BDB455 #55BD80 #555EBD #BD5592

square

#BDB455 #55BD80 #555EBD #BD5592

split-complementary

#BDB455 #5592BD #8055BD

monochromatic

#6D672A #99913C #BDB455 #CEC781 #DFDBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BDB455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB455

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB455	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.117 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca88',
    500: '#bdb455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb455;
$custom-light: #d3ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.808,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75808,
    "c": 0.11744,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB455

secondary

#A1A5CD

accent

#5FD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB455

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

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