#BDAD38#BDAD38

#BDAD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.134 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAD38
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -7.51, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 59.65, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0265 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.134 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6453, 40.9931, 9.7228)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAD38 #3848BD

analogous

#BD6A38 #BDAD38 #8ABD38

triadic

#BDAD38 #38BDAD #AD38BD

tetradic

#BDAD38 #38BD6A #3848BD #BD388A

square

#BDAD38 #38BD6A #3848BD #BD388A

split-complementary

#BDAD38 #388ABD #6A38BD

monochromatic

#5F571C #8E822A #BDAD38 #D0C362 #DED591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDAD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BDAD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAD38

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAD38	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.134 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c576',
    500: '#bdad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdad38;
$custom-light: #d4c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74029,
    "c": 0.13445,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAD38

secondary

#878FC9

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAD38

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

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