#BDAE38#BDAE38

#BDAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.135 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAE38
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -8.04, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 59.99, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.028 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.135 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8377, 41.3780, 9.7870)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAE38 #3847BD

analogous

#BD6B38 #BDAE38 #89BD38

triadic

#BDAE38 #38BDAE #AE38BD

tetradic

#BDAE38 #38BD6B #3847BD #BD3889

square

#BDAE38 #38BD6B #3847BD #BD3889

split-complementary

#BDAE38 #3889BD #6B38BD

monochromatic

#5F571C #8E832A #BDAE38 #D0C462 #DED691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BDAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAE38

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAE38	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.135 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c576',
    500: '#bdae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdae38;
$custom-light: #d4c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.233,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74243,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAE38

secondary

#878FC9

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAE38

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

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