#BDB551#BDB551

#BDB551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.122 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB551
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -10.09, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 51.95, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.031 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.122 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9966, 44.4619, 14.3108)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB551 #5159BD

analogous

#BD7F51 #BDB551 #8FBD51

triadic

#BDB551 #51BDB5 #B551BD

tetradic

#BDB551 #51BD7F #5159BD #BD518F

square

#BDB551 #51BD7F #5159BD #BD518F

split-complementary

#BDB551 #518FBD #7F51BD

monochromatic

#6B6629 #979039 #BDB551 #CEC87D #DFDBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BDB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB551

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB551	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)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.122 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca85',
    500: '#bdb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb551;
$custom-light: #d3ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75976,
    "c": 0.12213,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB551

secondary

#9EA1CC

accent

#5DD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB551

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

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