#BDA438#BDA438

#BDA438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.127 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA438
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -2.76, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 56.84, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.013 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.127 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9773, 37.6571, 9.1668)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA438 #3851BD

analogous

#BD6138 #BDA438 #93BD38

triadic

#BDA438 #38BDA4 #A438BD

tetradic

#BDA438 #38BD61 #3851BD #BD3893

square

#BDA438 #38BD61 #3851BD #BD3893

split-complementary

#BDA438 #3893BD #6138BD

monochromatic

#5F521C #8E7B2A #BDA438 #D0BC62 #DED091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BDA438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BDA438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA438

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA438	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.127 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be75',
    500: '#bda438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda438;
$custom-light: #d5be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72124,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA438

secondary

#8794C9

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA438

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

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