#BDB552#BDB552

#BDB552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.121 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB552
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -10.01, 50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 51.49, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0307 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.121 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0344, 44.4771, 14.5098)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB552 #525ABD

analogous

#BD7F52 #BDB552 #8FBD52

triadic

#BDB552 #52BDB5 #B552BD

tetradic

#BDB552 #52BD7F #525ABD #BD528F

square

#BDB552 #52BD7F #525ABD #BD528F

split-complementary

#BDB552 #528FBD #7F52BD

monochromatic

#6C6729 #98913A #BDB552 #CEC87E #DFDBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BDB552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB552

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB552	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.121 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca86',
    500: '#bdb552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb552;
$custom-light: #d3ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75987,
    "c": 0.12122,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB552

secondary

#9EA2CC

accent

#5DD453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB552

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

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