#BDB738#BDB738

#BDB738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.143 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB738
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -12.69, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 63.14, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0411 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.143 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6351, 44.9727, 10.3861)
Luminance	0.4497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB738 #383EBD

analogous

#BD7438 #BDB738 #80BD38

triadic

#BDB738 #38BDB7 #B738BD

tetradic

#BDB738 #38BD74 #383EBD #BD3880

square

#BDB738 #38BD74 #383EBD #BD3880

split-complementary

#BDB738 #3880BD #7438BD

monochromatic

#5F5C1C #8E892A #BDB738 #D0CB62 #DEDB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BDB738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB738

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB738	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.143 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc77',
    500: '#bdb738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb738;
$custom-light: #d4cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76179,
    "c": 0.14347,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB738

secondary

#878AC9

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB738

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

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