#BDAB38#BDAB38

#BDAB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAB38
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -6.47, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 59.00, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0235 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2646, 40.2318, 9.5959)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAB38 #384ABD

analogous

#BD6938 #BDAB38 #8CBD38

triadic

#BDAB38 #38BDAB #AB38BD

tetradic

#BDAB38 #38BD69 #384ABD #BD388C

square

#BDAB38 #38BD69 #384ABD #BD388C

split-complementary

#BDAB38 #388CBD #6938BD

monochromatic

#5F561C #8E802A #BDAB38 #D0C162 #DED491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDAB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BDAB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAB38

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAB38	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c376',
    500: '#bdab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdab38;
$custom-light: #d4c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73603,
    "c": 0.13278,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAB38

secondary

#8790C9

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAB38

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

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