#BD9927#BD9927

#BD9927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.131 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9927
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 2.40, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 60.30, 87.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0001 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.131 90)
XYZ	xyz(32.7457, 33.7499, 6.7087)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9927 #274BBD

analogous

#BD4E27 #BD9927 #96BD27

triadic

#BD9927 #27BD99 #9927BD

tetradic

#BD9927 #27BD4E #274BBD #BD2796

square

#BD9927 #27BD4E #274BBD #BD2796

split-complementary

#BD9927 #2796BD #4E27BD

monochromatic

#584712 #8A701D #BD9927 #D9B648 #E4CB7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BD9927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BD9927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9927

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9927	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB970D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.131 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b66b',
    500: '#bd9927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9927;
$custom-light: #d5b66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69718,
    "c": 0.13076,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.33748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9927

secondary

#7489CC

accent

#68E93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9927

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

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