#BD9827#BD9827

#BD9827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.130 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9827
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 2.94, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 60.09, 87.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0015 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.13 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5827, 33.4239, 6.6544)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9827 #274CBD

analogous

#BD4D27 #BD9827 #97BD27

triadic

#BD9827 #27BD98 #9827BD

tetradic

#BD9827 #27BD4D #274CBD #BD2797

square

#BD9827 #27BD4D #274CBD #BD2797

split-complementary

#BD9827 #2797BD #4D27BD

monochromatic

#584612 #8A6F1D #BD9827 #D9B548 #E4CA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BD9827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BD9827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9827

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9827	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	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)

#AA960E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.130 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b56b',
    500: '#bd9827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9827;
$custom-light: #d5b56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69512,
    "c": 0.13026,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9827

secondary

#748ACC

accent

#69E93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9827

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

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