#BD9A2B#BD9A2B

#BD9A2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.129 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A2B
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 2.01, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 59.15, 88.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0008 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.129 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9799, 34.1065, 7.1312)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A2B #2B4EBD

analogous

#BD512B #BD9A2B #97BD2B

triadic

#BD9A2B #2BBD9A #9A2BBD

tetradic

#BD9A2B #2BBD51 #2B4EBD #BD2B97

square

#BD9A2B #2BBD51 #2B4EBD #BD2B97

split-complementary

#BD9A2B #2B97BD #512BBD

monochromatic

#594914 #8B7120 #BD9A2B #D7B64E #E2CB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD9A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BD9A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A2B

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A2B	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)

#AC9816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.129 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b76d',
    500: '#bd9a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a2b;
$custom-light: #d5b76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.616,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69948,
    "c": 0.12917,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A2B

secondary

#798DCB

accent

#69E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A2B

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

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