#BD992B#BD992B

#BD992B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.129 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD992B
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 2.55, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 58.93, 87.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% 0.0008 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.129 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8155, 33.7778, 7.0764)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD992B #2B4FBD

analogous

#BD502B #BD992B #98BD2B

triadic

#BD992B #2BBD99 #992BBD

tetradic

#BD992B #2BBD50 #2B4FBD #BD2B98

square

#BD992B #2BBD50 #2B4FBD #BD2B98

split-complementary

#BD992B #2B98BD #502BBD

monochromatic

#594814 #8B7120 #BD992B #D7B54E #E2CA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BD992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BD992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD992B

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD992B	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.129 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b66d',
    500: '#bd992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd992b;
$custom-light: #d5b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69742,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD992B

secondary

#798DCB

accent

#6AE642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD992B

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

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