#BD992D#BD992D

#BD992D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.128 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD992D
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 2.63, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 58.21, 87.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% 0.0012 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.128 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8531, 33.7929, 7.2744)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD992D #2D51BD

analogous

#BD512D #BD992D #99BD2D

triadic

#BD992D #2DBD99 #992DBD

tetradic

#BD992D #2DBD51 #2D51BD #BD2D99

square

#BD992D #2DBD51 #2D51BD #BD2D99

split-complementary

#BD992D #2D99BD #512DBD

monochromatic

#5A4915 #8C7121 #BD992D #D6B552 #E1CA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BD992D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BD992D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD992D

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD992D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD992D	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)

#AB971A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd992d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.128 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b66e',
    500: '#bd992d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd992d;
$custom-light: #d5b66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd992d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69756,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD992D

secondary

#7B8FCB

accent

#6CE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD992D

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

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