#BDB55A#BDB55A

#BDB55A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.114 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB55A
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -9.36, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 47.75, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0279 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.114 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3567, 44.6060, 16.2075)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB55A #5A62BD

analogous

#BD845A #BDB55A #93BD5A

triadic

#BDB55A #5ABDB5 #B55ABD

tetradic

#BDB55A #5ABD84 #5A62BD #BD5A93

square

#BDB55A #5ABD84 #5A62BD #BD5A93

split-complementary

#BDB55A #5A93BD #845ABD

monochromatic

#706A2D #9C943E #BDB55A #CEC986 #E0DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BDB55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB55A

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB55A	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)

#C3B052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.114 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb8b',
    500: '#bdb55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb55a;
$custom-light: #d3cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.152,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76083,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB55A

secondary

#A5A8CE

accent

#5FD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB55A

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

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