#BD9A22#BD9A22

#BD9A22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.134 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A22
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 1.69, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 62.10, 88.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0026 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.134 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8326, 34.0476, 6.3556)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A22 #2245BD

analogous

#BD4D22 #BD9A22 #92BD22

triadic

#BD9A22 #22BD9A #9A22BD

tetradic

#BD9A22 #22BD4D #2245BD #BD2292

square

#BD9A22 #22BD4D #2245BD #BD2292

split-complementary

#BD9A22 #2292BD #4D22BD

monochromatic

#55450F #897019 #BD9A22 #DDB940 #E6CC73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD9A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BD9A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A22

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A22	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.134 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b769',
    500: '#bd9a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a22;
$custom-light: #d6b769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69897,
    "c": 0.13364,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A22

secondary

#6E83CD

accent

#63EC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A22

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

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