#BDA938#BDA938

#BDA938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA938
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -5.41, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 58.36, 95.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0205 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(35.8897, 39.4820, 9.4710)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA938 #384CBD

analogous

#BD6638 #BDA938 #8FBD38

triadic

#BDA938 #38BDA9 #A938BD

tetradic

#BDA938 #38BD66 #384CBD #BD388F

square

#BDA938 #38BD66 #384CBD #BD388F

split-complementary

#BDA938 #388FBD #6638BD

monochromatic

#5F551C #8E7F2A #BDA938 #D0C062 #DED391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BDA938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA938

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA938	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c275',
    500: '#bda938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda938;
$custom-light: #d4c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73179,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.3948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA938

secondary

#8791C9

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA938

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

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