#BDBA55#BDBA55

#BDBA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.124 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA55
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -12.35, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 52.17, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.037 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.124 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1860, 46.5936, 15.4692)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA55 #5558BD

analogous

#BD8655 #BDBA55 #8CBD55

triadic

#BDBA55 #55BDBA #BA55BD

tetradic

#BDBA55 #55BD86 #5558BD #BD558C

square

#BDBA55 #55BD86 #5558BD #BD558C

split-complementary

#BDBA55 #558CBD #8655BD

monochromatic

#6D6B2A #99973C #BDBA55 #CECC81 #DFDEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BDBA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA55

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA55	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.124 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce88',
    500: '#bdba55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba55;
$custom-light: #d3ce88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.269,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77097,
    "c": 0.12368,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA55

secondary

#A1A2CD

accent

#58D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA55

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

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