#BDA138#BDA138

#BDA138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.125 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA138
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -1.16, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 55.98, 91.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0084 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.125 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4467, 36.5960, 8.9900)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA138 #3854BD

analogous

#BD5E38 #BDA138 #97BD38

triadic

#BDA138 #38BDA1 #A138BD

tetradic

#BDA138 #38BD5E #3854BD #BD3897

square

#BDA138 #38BD5E #3854BD #BD3897

split-complementary

#BDA138 #3897BD #5E38BD

monochromatic

#5F511C #8E792A #BDA138 #D0B962 #DECE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BDA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BDA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA138

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA138	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.125 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc75',
    500: '#bda138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda138;
$custom-light: #d5bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71496,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA138

secondary

#8795C9

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA138

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

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