#BDB538#BDB538

#BDB538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.142 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB538
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -11.67, 61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 62.42, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0382 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.142 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2255, 44.1535, 10.2495)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB538 #3840BD

analogous

#BD7238 #BDB538 #82BD38

triadic

#BDB538 #38BDB5 #B538BD

tetradic

#BDB538 #38BD72 #3840BD #BD3882

square

#BDB538 #38BD72 #3840BD #BD3882

split-complementary

#BDB538 #3882BD #7238BD

monochromatic

#5F5B1C #8E882A #BDB538 #D0CA62 #DEDA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BDB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB538

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB538	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.142 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca77',
    500: '#bdb538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb538;
$custom-light: #d4ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75747,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB538

secondary

#878BC9

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB538

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

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