#BDB55D#BDB55D

#BDB55D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.111 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB55D
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -9.10, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 46.31, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0268 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.111 104)
XYZ	xyz(39.4870, 44.6581, 16.8936)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB55D #5D65BD

analogous

#BD855D #BDB55D #95BD5D

triadic

#BDB55D #5DBDB5 #B55DBD

tetradic

#BDB55D #5DBD85 #5D65BD #BD5D95

square

#BDB55D #5DBD85 #5D65BD #BD5D95

split-complementary

#BDB55D #5D95BD #855DBD

monochromatic

#716C2E #9D9540 #BDB55D #CFC988 #E0DDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BDB55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB55D

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB55D	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	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)

#C2B055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.111 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb8d',
    500: '#bdb55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb55d;
$custom-light: #d3cb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76121,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.44657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB55D

secondary

#A7AACF

accent

#60D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB55D

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

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