#BDA238#BDA238

#BDA238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA238
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -1.69, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 56.26, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0099 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.126 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6222, 36.9469, 9.0484)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA238 #3853BD

analogous

#BD6038 #BDA238 #95BD38

triadic

#BDA238 #38BDA2 #A238BD

tetradic

#BDA238 #38BD60 #3853BD #BD3895

square

#BDA238 #38BD60 #3853BD #BD3895

split-complementary

#BDA238 #3895BD #6038BD

monochromatic

#5F511C #8E7A2A #BDA238 #D0BA62 #DECF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BDA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BDA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA238

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA238	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd75',
    500: '#bda238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda238;
$custom-light: #d5bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71705,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA238

secondary

#8795C9

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA238

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

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