#BDB938#BDB938

#BDB938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.145 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB938
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -13.72, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 63.87, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.044 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.145 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0505, 45.8036, 10.5246)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB938 #383CBD

analogous

#BD7638 #BDB938 #7FBD38

triadic

#BDB938 #38BDB9 #B938BD

tetradic

#BDB938 #38BD76 #383CBD #BD387F

square

#BDB938 #38BD76 #383CBD #BD387F

split-complementary

#BDB938 #387FBD #7638BD

monochromatic

#5F5D1C #8E8B2A #BDB938 #D0CD62 #DEDC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BDB938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB938

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB938	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.145 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd77',
    500: '#bdb938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb938;
$custom-light: #d4cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76613,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB938

secondary

#8789C9

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB938

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

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