#BD9829#BD9829

#BD9829 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.129 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9829
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 41)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 78.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 3.01, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 59.41, 87.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.0019 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.129 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6167, 33.4375, 6.8336)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9829 #294EBD

analogous

#BD4E29 #BD9829 #98BD29

triadic

#BD9829 #29BD98 #9829BD

tetradic

#BD9829 #29BD4E #294EBD #BD2998

square

#BD9829 #29BD4E #294EBD #BD2998

split-complementary

#BD9829 #2998BD #4E29BD

monochromatic

#584713 #8B701E #BD9829 #D8B54B #E3CA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BD9829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BD9829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9829

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9829	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)

#AA9712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.129 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b56c',
    500: '#bd9829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9829;
$custom-light: #d5b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69524,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9829

secondary

#778CCB

accent

#6AE740

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9829

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

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