#BDB755#BDB755

#BDB755 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.121 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB755
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -10.81, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 50.92, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0326 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.121 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5606, 45.3429, 15.2607)
Luminance	0.4534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB755 #555BBD

analogous

#BD8355 #BDB755 #8FBD55

triadic

#BDB755 #55BDB7 #B755BD

tetradic

#BDB755 #55BD83 #555BBD #BD558F

square

#BDB755 #55BD83 #555BBD #BD558F

split-complementary

#BDB755 #558FBD #8355BD

monochromatic

#6D692A #99943C #BDB755 #CECA81 #DFDCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BDB755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB755

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB755	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.121 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc88',
    500: '#bdb755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb755;
$custom-light: #d3cc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76451,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB755

secondary

#A1A3CD

accent

#5BD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB755

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

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