#BDB553#BDB553

#BDB553 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.120 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB553
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -9.93, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 51.03, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0303 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.12 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0727, 44.4924, 14.7116)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB553 #535BBD

analogous

#BD8053 #BDB553 #90BD53

triadic

#BDB553 #53BDB5 #B553BD

tetradic

#BDB553 #53BD80 #535BBD #BD5390

square

#BDB553 #53BD80 #535BBD #BD5390

split-complementary

#BDB553 #5390BD #8053BD

monochromatic

#6C6729 #98913A #BDB553 #CEC87F #DFDBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BDB553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB553

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB553	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)

#C3AF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.120 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca87',
    500: '#bdb553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb553;
$custom-light: #d3ca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75999,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB553

secondary

#9FA3CD

accent

#5DD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB553

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

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