#BDA738#BDA738

#BDA738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.130 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA738
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -4.35, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 57.74, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0175 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.13 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5205, 38.7435, 9.3479)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA738 #384EBD

analogous

#BD6438 #BDA738 #90BD38

triadic

#BDA738 #38BDA7 #A738BD

tetradic

#BDA738 #38BD64 #384EBD #BD3890

square

#BDA738 #38BD64 #384EBD #BD3890

split-complementary

#BDA738 #3890BD #6438BD

monochromatic

#5F541C #8E7D2A #BDA738 #D0BE62 #DED291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BDA738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BDA738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA738

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA738	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.130 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c075',
    500: '#bda738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda738;
$custom-light: #d4c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.075,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72756,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA738

secondary

#8792C9

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA738

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

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