#BD9A29#BD9A29

#BD9A29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.130 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A29
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 78.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 1.93, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 59.85, 88.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.0012 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.13 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9441, 34.0922, 6.9427)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A29 #294CBD

analogous

#BD5029 #BD9A29 #96BD29

triadic

#BD9A29 #29BD9A #9A29BD

tetradic

#BD9A29 #29BD50 #294CBD #BD2996

square

#BD9A29 #29BD50 #294CBD #BD2996

split-complementary

#BD9A29 #2996BD #5029BD

monochromatic

#584813 #8B711E #BD9A29 #D8B74B #E3CB7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD9A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BD9A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A29

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A29	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)

#AC9811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.130 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b76c',
    500: '#bd9a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a29;
$custom-light: #d5b76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.811,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69936,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A29

secondary

#778BCB

accent

#68E740

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A29

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

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