#BD992C#BD992C

#BD992C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.128 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD992C
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 44)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 2.59, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 58.57, 87.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.001 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.128 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8341, 33.7853, 7.1742)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD992C #2C50BD

analogous

#BD502C #BD992C #99BD2C

triadic

#BD992C #2CBD99 #992CBD

tetradic

#BD992C #2CBD50 #2C50BD #BD2C99

square

#BD992C #2CBD50 #2C50BD #BD2C99

split-complementary

#BD992C #2C99BD #502CBD

monochromatic

#5A4915 #8B7120 #BD992C #D6B550 #E2CA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BD992C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BD992C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD992C

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD992C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD992C	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)

#AB9718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd992c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.128 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b66d',
    500: '#bd992c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd992c;
$custom-light: #d5b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd992c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69749,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD992C

secondary

#7A8ECB

accent

#6BE542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD992C

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

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