#BDB555#BDB555

#BDB555 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.118 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB555
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -9.77, 49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 50.10, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0297 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.118 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1510, 44.5237, 15.1242)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB555 #555DBD

analogous

#BD8155 #BDB555 #91BD55

triadic

#BDB555 #55BDB5 #B555BD

tetradic

#BDB555 #55BD81 #555DBD #BD5591

square

#BDB555 #55BD81 #555DBD #BD5591

split-complementary

#BDB555 #5591BD #8155BD

monochromatic

#6D682A #99923C #BDB555 #CEC881 #DFDBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BDB555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB555

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB555	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)

#C3AF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.118 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb88',
    500: '#bdb555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb555;
$custom-light: #d3cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76022,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB555

secondary

#A1A4CD

accent

#5ED454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB555

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

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