#BDB238#BDB238

#BDB238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.139 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB238
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -10.12, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 61.35, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0339 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.139 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6220, 42.9466, 10.0484)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB238 #3843BD

analogous

#BD7038 #BDB238 #85BD38

triadic

#BDB238 #38BDB2 #B238BD

tetradic

#BDB238 #38BD70 #3843BD #BD3885

square

#BDB238 #38BD70 #3843BD #BD3885

split-complementary

#BDB238 #3885BD #7038BD

monochromatic

#5F591C #8E862A #BDB238 #D0C762 #DED891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BDB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB238

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB238	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.139 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c876',
    500: '#bdb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb238;
$custom-light: #d4c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.751,
    "c": 0.13882,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB238

secondary

#878DC9

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB238

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

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