#BDA838#BDA838

#BDA838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.130 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA838
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -4.88, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 58.05, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.019 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.13 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7044, 39.1113, 9.4092)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA838 #384DBD

analogous

#BD6538 #BDA838 #90BD38

triadic

#BDA838 #38BDA8 #A838BD

tetradic

#BDA838 #38BD65 #384DBD #BD3890

square

#BDA838 #38BD65 #384DBD #BD3890

split-complementary

#BDA838 #3890BD #6538BD

monochromatic

#5F541C #8E7E2A #BDA838 #D0BF62 #DED291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BDA838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BDA838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA838

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA838	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.130 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c175',
    500: '#bda838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda838;
$custom-light: #d4c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72967,
    "c": 0.13037,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA838

secondary

#8792C9

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA838

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

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