#BDB55F#BDB55F

#BDB55F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.109 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB55F
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 49.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -8.92, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 45.34, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0261 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.109 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5767, 44.6940, 17.3663)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB55F #5F67BD

analogous

#BD865F #BDB55F #96BD5F

triadic

#BDB55F #5FBDB5 #B55FBD

tetradic

#BDB55F #5FBD86 #5F67BD #BD5F96

square

#BDB55F #5FBD86 #5F67BD #BD5F96

split-complementary

#BDB55F #5F96BD #865FBD

monochromatic

#726D2F #9E9641 #BDB55F #CFC98A #E1DDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BDB55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB55F

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB55F	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.109 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb8e',
    500: '#bdb55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb55f;
$custom-light: #d3cb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76148,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB55F

secondary

#A8ACCF

accent

#61D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB55F

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

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