#BD9929#BD9929

#BD9929 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.130 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9929
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 41)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 78.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 2.47, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 59.63, 87.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0004 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.13 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7797, 33.7635, 6.8879)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9929 #294DBD

analogous

#BD4F29 #BD9929 #97BD29

triadic

#BD9929 #29BD99 #9929BD

tetradic

#BD9929 #29BD4F #294DBD #BD2997

square

#BD9929 #29BD4F #294DBD #BD2997

split-complementary

#BD9929 #2997BD #4F29BD

monochromatic

#584813 #8B701E #BD9929 #D8B64B #E3CA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BD9929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BD9929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9929

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9929	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)

#AB9712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.130 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b66c',
    500: '#bd9929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9929;
$custom-light: #d5b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6973,
    "c": 0.12973,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9929

secondary

#778BCB

accent

#69E740

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9929

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

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