#BDB038#BDB038

#BDB038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.137 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB038
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -9.08, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 60.66, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0309 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.137 103)
XYZ	xyz(37.2270, 42.1565, 9.9167)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB038 #3845BD

analogous

#BD6D38 #BDB038 #88BD38

triadic

#BDB038 #38BDB0 #B038BD

tetradic

#BDB038 #38BD6D #3845BD #BD3888

square

#BDB038 #38BD6D #3845BD #BD3888

split-complementary

#BDB038 #3888BD #6D38BD

monochromatic

#5F581C #8E842A #BDB038 #D0C662 #DED791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDB038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BDB038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB038

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB038	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.137 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c776',
    500: '#bdb038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb038;
$custom-light: #d4c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74671,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.42155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB038

secondary

#878EC9

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB038

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

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