#BDB855#BDB855

#BDB855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.122 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB855
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -11.32, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 51.34, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0341 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.122 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7676, 45.7569, 15.3297)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB855 #555ABD

analogous

#BD8455 #BDB855 #8EBD55

triadic

#BDB855 #55BDB8 #B855BD

tetradic

#BDB855 #55BD84 #555ABD #BD558E

square

#BDB855 #55BD84 #555ABD #BD558E

split-complementary

#BDB855 #558EBD #8455BD

monochromatic

#6D6A2A #99953C #BDB855 #CECA81 #DFDDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BDB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB855

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB855	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.122 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd88',
    500: '#bdb855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb855;
$custom-light: #d3cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.115,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76666,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB855

secondary

#A1A3CD

accent

#5AD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB855

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

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