#BDB838#BDB838

#BDB838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.144 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB838
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -13.21, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 63.50, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0425 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.144 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8420, 45.3866, 10.4551)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB838 #383DBD

analogous

#BD7538 #BDB838 #80BD38

triadic

#BDB838 #38BDB8 #B838BD

tetradic

#BDB838 #38BD75 #383DBD #BD3880

square

#BDB838 #38BD75 #383DBD #BD3880

split-complementary

#BDB838 #3880BD #7538BD

monochromatic

#5F5C1C #8E8A2A #BDB838 #D0CC62 #DEDB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BDB838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB838

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB838	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.144 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd77',
    500: '#bdb838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb838;
$custom-light: #d4cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76396,
    "c": 0.14443,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB838

secondary

#878AC9

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB838

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

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