#BDA038#BDA038

#BDA038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.125 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA038
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -0.62, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 55.70, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0068 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.125 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2727, 36.2479, 8.9319)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA038 #3855BD

analogous

#BD5D38 #BDA038 #98BD38

triadic

#BDA038 #38BDA0 #A038BD

tetradic

#BDA038 #38BD5D #3855BD #BD3898

square

#BDA038 #38BD5D #3855BD #BD3898

split-complementary

#BDA038 #3898BD #5D38BD

monochromatic

#5F501C #8E782A #BDA038 #D0B862 #DECE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BDA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BDA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA038

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA038	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.125 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb75',
    500: '#bda038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda038;
$custom-light: #d5bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71287,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA038

secondary

#8796C9

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA038

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

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