#BDBD55#BDBD55

#BDBD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.127 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD55
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -13.88, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 53.45, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0414 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.127 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.8246, 47.8709, 15.6820)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD55 #5555BD

analogous

#BD8955 #BDBD55 #89BD55

triadic

#BDBD55 #55BDBD #BD55BD

tetradic

#BDBD55 #55BD89 #5555BD #BD5589

square

#BDBD55 #55BD89 #5555BD #BD5589

split-complementary

#BDBD55 #5589BD #8955BD

monochromatic

#6D6D2A #99993C #BDBD55 #CECE81 #DFDFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BDBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD55

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD55	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.127 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d088',
    500: '#bdbd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd55;
$custom-light: #d3d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77746,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.4787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD55

secondary

#A1A1CD

accent

#54D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD55

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

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