#BD9922#BD9922

#BD9922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.133 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9922
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 2.23, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 61.89, 87.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.001 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.133 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6682, 33.7189, 6.3008)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9922 #2246BD

analogous

#BD4C22 #BD9922 #93BD22

triadic

#BD9922 #22BD99 #9922BD

tetradic

#BD9922 #22BD4C #2246BD #BD2293

square

#BD9922 #22BD4C #2246BD #BD2293

split-complementary

#BD9922 #2293BD #4C22BD

monochromatic

#55450F #896F19 #BD9922 #DDB840 #E6CB73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BD9922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BD9922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9922

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9922	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.133 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b669',
    500: '#bd9922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9922;
$custom-light: #d6b669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.065,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6969,
    "c": 0.13313,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9922

secondary

#6E84CD

accent

#65EC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9922

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

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