#BDB559#BDB559

#BDB559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.115 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB559
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -9.44, 47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 48.22, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0283 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.115 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3145, 44.5891, 15.9849)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB559 #5961BD

analogous

#BD8359 #BDB559 #93BD59

triadic

#BDB559 #59BDB5 #B559BD

tetradic

#BDB559 #59BD83 #5961BD #BD5993

square

#BDB559 #59BD83 #5961BD #BD5993

split-complementary

#BDB559 #5993BD #8359BD

monochromatic

#6F6A2C #9B943E #BDB559 #CEC985 #E0DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BDB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB559

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB559	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.115 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb8a',
    500: '#bdb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb559;
$custom-light: #d3cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7607,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB559

secondary

#A4A7CE

accent

#5FD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB559

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

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