#BDBD38#BDBD38

#BDBD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.149 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD38
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -15.75, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 65.37, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0497 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.149 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8991, 47.5007, 10.8074)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD38 #3838BD

analogous

#BD7A38 #BDBD38 #7ABD38

triadic

#BDBD38 #38BDBD #BD38BD

tetradic

#BDBD38 #38BD7A #3838BD #BD387A

square

#BDBD38 #38BD7A #3838BD #BD387A

split-complementary

#BDBD38 #387ABD #7A38BD

monochromatic

#5F5F1C #8E8E2A #BDBD38 #D0D062 #DEDE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BDBD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD38

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD38	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.149 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d077',
    500: '#bdbd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd38;
$custom-light: #d4d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77484,
    "c": 0.14934,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD38

secondary

#8787C9

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD38

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →