#BD9A2A#BD9A2A

#BD9A2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.130 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A2A
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 1.97, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 59.50, 88.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.001 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.13 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9617, 34.0993, 7.0357)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A2A #2A4DBD

analogous

#BD502A #BD9A2A #97BD2A

triadic

#BD9A2A #2ABD9A #9A2ABD

tetradic

#BD9A2A #2ABD50 #2A4DBD #BD2A97

square

#BD9A2A #2ABD50 #2A4DBD #BD2A97

split-complementary

#BD9A2A #2A97BD #502ABD

monochromatic

#594814 #8B711F #BD9A2A #D7B64D #E3CB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD9A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BD9A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A2A

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A2A	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)

#AC9814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.130 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b76d',
    500: '#bd9a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a2a;
$custom-light: #d5b76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69942,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A2A

secondary

#788CCB

accent

#69E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A2A

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

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