#BDAF38#BDAF38

#BDAF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.136 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAF38
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -8.56, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 60.32, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0294 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.136 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0316, 41.7658, 9.8516)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAF38 #3846BD

analogous

#BD6C38 #BDAF38 #88BD38

triadic

#BDAF38 #38BDAF #AF38BD

tetradic

#BDAF38 #38BD6C #3846BD #BD3888

square

#BDAF38 #38BD6C #3846BD #BD3888

split-complementary

#BDAF38 #3888BD #6C38BD

monochromatic

#5F581C #8E832A #BDAF38 #D0C562 #DED691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDAF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BDAF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAF38

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAF38	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.136 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c676',
    500: '#bdaf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaf38;
$custom-light: #d4c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74457,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAF38

secondary

#878EC9

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAF38

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

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