#BD9822#BD9822

#BD9822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.133 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9822
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, 2.77, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 61.68, 87.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% 0.0005 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.133 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5053, 33.3930, 6.2465)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9822 #2247BD

analogous

#BD4A22 #BD9822 #94BD22

triadic

#BD9822 #22BD98 #9822BD

tetradic

#BD9822 #22BD4A #2247BD #BD2294

square

#BD9822 #22BD4A #2247BD #BD2294

split-complementary

#BD9822 #2294BD #4A22BD

monochromatic

#55450F #896E19 #BD9822 #DDB740 #E6CB73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BD9822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BD9822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9822

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9822	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A12A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.133 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b569',
    500: '#bd9822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9822;
$custom-light: #d6b569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.677,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69485,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9822

secondary

#6E85CD

accent

#66EC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9822

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

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