#BDB554#BDB554

#BDB554 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.119 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB554
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 84)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 55.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -9.85, 49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 50.57, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.03 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.119 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1116, 44.5079, 14.9164)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB554 #545CBD

analogous

#BD8054 #BDB554 #90BD54

triadic

#BDB554 #54BDB5 #B554BD

tetradic

#BDB554 #54BD80 #545CBD #BD5490

square

#BDB554 #54BD80 #545CBD #BD5490

split-complementary

#BDB554 #5490BD #8054BD

monochromatic

#6D682A #99923B #BDB554 #CEC880 #DFDBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BDB554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB554

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB554	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)

#C3AF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.119 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb87',
    500: '#bdb554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb554;
$custom-light: #d3cb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.429,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7601,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB554

secondary

#A0A3CD

accent

#5ED454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB554

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

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