#BD9828#BD9828

#BD9828 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 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9828
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 2.98, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 59.75, 87.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.0017 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.13 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5995, 33.4306, 6.7428)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9828 #284DBD

analogous

#BD4E28 #BD9828 #97BD28

triadic

#BD9828 #28BD98 #9828BD

tetradic

#BD9828 #28BD4E #284DBD #BD2897

square

#BD9828 #28BD4E #284DBD #BD2897

split-complementary

#BD9828 #2897BD #4E28BD

monochromatic

#584713 #8A6F1D #BD9828 #D9B54A #E3CA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BD9828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BD9828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9828

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9828	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9710

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.130 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b56b',
    500: '#bd9828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9828;
$custom-light: #d5b56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69518,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9828

secondary

#758BCB

accent

#6AE840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9828

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

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