#BDB557#BDB557

#BDB557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.117 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB557
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -9.61, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 49.17, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.029 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.117 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2316, 44.5559, 15.5486)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB557 #575FBD

analogous

#BD8257 #BDB557 #92BD57

triadic

#BDB557 #57BDB5 #B557BD

tetradic

#BDB557 #57BD82 #575FBD #BD5792

square

#BDB557 #57BD82 #575FBD #BD5792

split-complementary

#BDB557 #5792BD #8257BD

monochromatic

#6E692B #9A933D #BDB557 #CEC883 #E0DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BDB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB557

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB557	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.117 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb89',
    500: '#bdb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb557;
$custom-light: #d3cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76046,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB557

secondary

#A2A6CE

accent

#5ED354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB557

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

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