#BDA638#BDA638

#BDA638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.129 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA638
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -3.82, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 57.43, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.016 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.129 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3380, 38.3786, 9.2871)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA638 #384FBD

analogous

#BD6338 #BDA638 #91BD38

triadic

#BDA638 #38BDA6 #A638BD

tetradic

#BDA638 #38BD63 #384FBD #BD3891

square

#BDA638 #38BD63 #384FBD #BD3891

split-complementary

#BDA638 #3891BD #6338BD

monochromatic

#5F531C #8E7D2A #BDA638 #D0BD62 #DED191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BDA638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA638

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA638	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.129 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c075',
    500: '#bda638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda638;
$custom-light: #d4c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72545,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA638

secondary

#8793C9

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA638

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

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