#BD9A28#BD9A28

#BD9A28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.131 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A28
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 1.89, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 60.19, 88.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0014 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.131 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9268, 34.0853, 6.8519)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A28 #284BBD

analogous

#BD4F28 #BD9A28 #96BD28

triadic

#BD9A28 #28BD9A #9A28BD

tetradic

#BD9A28 #28BD4F #284BBD #BD2896

square

#BD9A28 #28BD4F #284BBD #BD2896

split-complementary

#BD9A28 #2896BD #4F28BD

monochromatic

#584813 #8A711D #BD9A28 #D9B74A #E3CB7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD9A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BD9A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A28

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A28	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC980F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.131 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b76c',
    500: '#bd9a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a28;
$custom-light: #d5b76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.906,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6993,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A28

secondary

#758ACB

accent

#67E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A28

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

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