#BDA538#BDA538

#BDA538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.128 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA538
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -3.29, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 57.13, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0145 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.128 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1569, 38.0164, 9.2267)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA538 #3850BD

analogous

#BD6238 #BDA538 #92BD38

triadic

#BDA538 #38BDA5 #A538BD

tetradic

#BDA538 #38BD62 #3850BD #BD3892

square

#BDA538 #38BD62 #3850BD #BD3892

split-complementary

#BDA538 #3892BD #6238BD

monochromatic

#5F531C #8E7C2A #BDA538 #D0BC62 #DED091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BDA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BDA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA538

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA538	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.128 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bf75',
    500: '#bda538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda538;
$custom-light: #d4bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72334,
    "c": 0.12811,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA538

secondary

#8793C9

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA538

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

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