#BDB338#BDB338

#BDB338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.140 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB338
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -10.64, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 61.70, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0353 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.14 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8217, 43.3460, 10.1150)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB338 #3842BD

analogous

#BD7138 #BDB338 #84BD38

triadic

#BDB338 #38BDB3 #B338BD

tetradic

#BDB338 #38BD71 #3842BD #BD3884

square

#BDB338 #38BD71 #3842BD #BD3884

split-complementary

#BDB338 #3884BD #7138BD

monochromatic

#5F5A1C #8E862A #BDB338 #D0C862 #DED991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BDB338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB338

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB338	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.140 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c976',
    500: '#bdb338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb338;
$custom-light: #d4c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75316,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB338

secondary

#878CC9

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB338

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

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