#BDB138#BDB138

#BDB138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.138 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB138
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -9.60, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 61.01, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0324 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.138 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4238, 42.5501, 9.9823)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB138 #3844BD

analogous

#BD6E38 #BDB138 #87BD38

triadic

#BDB138 #38BDB1 #B138BD

tetradic

#BDB138 #38BD6E #3844BD #BD3887

square

#BDB138 #38BD6E #3844BD #BD3887

split-complementary

#BDB138 #3887BD #6E38BD

monochromatic

#5F591C #8E852A #BDB138 #D0C662 #DED791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BDB138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB138

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB138	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.138 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c876',
    500: '#bdb138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb138;
$custom-light: #d4c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74886,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB138

secondary

#878DC9

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB138

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

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