#BDBA38#BDBA38

#BDBA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.146 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA38
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -14.23, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 64.24, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0454 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.146 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2604, 46.2234, 10.5945)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA38 #383BBD

analogous

#BD7838 #BDBA38 #7DBD38

triadic

#BDBA38 #38BDBA #BA38BD

tetradic

#BDBA38 #38BD78 #383BBD #BD387D

square

#BDBA38 #38BD78 #383BBD #BD387D

split-complementary

#BDBA38 #387DBD #7838BD

monochromatic

#5F5D1C #8E8C2A #BDBA38 #D0CE62 #DEDD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BDBA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA38

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA38	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.146 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce77',
    500: '#bdba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba38;
$custom-light: #d4ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7683,
    "c": 0.14637,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA38

secondary

#8789C9

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA38

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

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