#BDB55C#BDB55C

#BDB55C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.112 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB55C
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 92)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 51.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -9.18, 45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 46.79, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0272 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.112 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4430, 44.6405, 16.6619)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB55C #5C64BD

analogous

#BD855C #BDB55C #94BD5C

triadic

#BDB55C #5CBDB5 #B55CBD

tetradic

#BDB55C #5CBD85 #5C64BD #BD5C94

square

#BDB55C #5CBD85 #5C64BD #BD5C94

split-complementary

#BDB55C #5C94BD #855CBD

monochromatic

#716B2E #9C953F #BDB55C #CFC988 #E0DDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BDB55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB55C

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB55C	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.112 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb8c',
    500: '#bdb55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb55c;
$custom-light: #d3cb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.052,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76108,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB55C

secondary

#A6A9CF

accent

#60D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB55C

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

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