#BD9928#BD9928

#BD9928 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.130 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9928
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 2.43, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 59.97, 87.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0001 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.13 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7625, 33.7566, 6.7971)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9928 #284CBD

analogous

#BD4E28 #BD9928 #97BD28

triadic

#BD9928 #28BD99 #9928BD

tetradic

#BD9928 #28BD4E #284CBD #BD2897

square

#BD9928 #28BD4E #284CBD #BD2897

split-complementary

#BD9928 #2897BD #4E28BD

monochromatic

#584713 #8A701D #BD9928 #D9B64A #E3CA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BD9928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BD9928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9928

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9928	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)

#AB9710

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.130 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b66b',
    500: '#bd9928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9928;
$custom-light: #d5b66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69724,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9928

secondary

#758ACB

accent

#68E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9928

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

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