#BDAA38#BDAA38

#BDAA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA38
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -5.94, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 58.68, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.022 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0765, 39.8555, 9.5332)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA38 #384BBD

analogous

#BD6838 #BDAA38 #8DBD38

triadic

#BDAA38 #38BDAA #AA38BD

tetradic

#BDAA38 #38BD68 #384BBD #BD388D

square

#BDAA38 #38BD68 #384BBD #BD388D

split-complementary

#BDAA38 #388DBD #6838BD

monochromatic

#5F551C #8E802A #BDAA38 #D0C162 #DED391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDAA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BDAA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA38

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA38	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c276',
    500: '#bdaa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa38;
$custom-light: #d4c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73391,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA38

secondary

#8791C9

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA38

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

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