#BDB655#BDB655

#BDB655 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.119 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB655
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -10.29, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 50.51, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0311 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.119 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3551, 44.9318, 15.1922)
Luminance	0.4493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB655 #555CBD

analogous

#BD8255 #BDB655 #90BD55

triadic

#BDB655 #55BDB6 #B655BD

tetradic

#BDB655 #55BD82 #555CBD #BD5590

square

#BDB655 #55BD82 #555CBD #BD5590

split-complementary

#BDB655 #5590BD #8255BD

monochromatic

#6D692A #99933C #BDB655 #CEC981 #DFDCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BDB655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB655

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB655	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.119 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb88',
    500: '#bdb655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb655;
$custom-light: #d3cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.962,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76236,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB655

secondary

#A1A4CD

accent

#5DD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB655

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

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