#BDA338#BDA338

#BDA338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA338
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -2.23, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 56.55, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0114 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.127 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7990, 37.3006, 9.1074)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA338 #3852BD

analogous

#BD6138 #BDA338 #94BD38

triadic

#BDA338 #38BDA3 #A338BD

tetradic

#BDA338 #38BD61 #3852BD #BD3894

square

#BDA338 #38BD61 #3852BD #BD3894

split-complementary

#BDA338 #3894BD #6138BD

monochromatic

#5F521C #8E7A2A #BDA338 #D0BB62 #DECF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BDA338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BDA338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA338

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA338	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd75',
    500: '#bda338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda338;
$custom-light: #d5bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71914,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA338

secondary

#8794C9

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA338

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

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