#BDB438#BDB438

#BDB438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.141 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB438
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -11.15, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 62.06, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0368 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.141 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0229, 43.7483, 10.1820)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB438 #3841BD

analogous

#BD7138 #BDB438 #83BD38

triadic

#BDB438 #38BDB4 #B438BD

tetradic

#BDB438 #38BD71 #3841BD #BD3883

square

#BDB438 #38BD71 #3841BD #BD3883

split-complementary

#BDB438 #3883BD #7138BD

monochromatic

#5F5A1C #8E872A #BDB438 #D0C962 #DED991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BDB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB438

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB438	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.141 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca76',
    500: '#bdb438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb438;
$custom-light: #d4ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75531,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB438

secondary

#878CC9

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB438

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

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