#BDB550#BDB550

#BDB550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.123 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB550
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -10.16, 51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 52.41, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0313 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.123 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9594, 44.4471, 14.1148)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB550 #5058BD

analogous

#BD7E50 #BDB550 #8FBD50

triadic

#BDB550 #50BDB5 #B550BD

tetradic

#BDB550 #50BD7E #5058BD #BD508F

square

#BDB550 #50BD7E #5058BD #BD508F

split-complementary

#BDB550 #508FBD #7E50BD

monochromatic

#6A6628 #979039 #BDB550 #CEC87C #DFDBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BDB550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB550

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB550	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.123 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca85',
    500: '#bdb550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb550;
$custom-light: #d3ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.596,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75965,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB550

secondary

#9DA0CC

accent

#5CD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB550

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

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