#BD9A2C#BD9A2C

#BD9A2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.129 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A2C
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 2.05, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 58.80, 88.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0005 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.129 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9984, 34.1140, 7.2290)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A2C #2C4FBD

analogous

#BD512C #BD9A2C #97BD2C

triadic

#BD9A2C #2CBD9A #9A2CBD

tetradic

#BD9A2C #2CBD51 #2C4FBD #BD2C97

square

#BD9A2C #2CBD51 #2C4FBD #BD2C97

split-complementary

#BD9A2C #2C97BD #512CBD

monochromatic

#5A4915 #8B7220 #BD9A2C #D6B650 #E2CB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD9A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BD9A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A2C

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A2C	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#AC9818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.129 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b76e',
    500: '#bd9a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a2c;
$custom-light: #d5b76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69955,
    "c": 0.12862,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A2C

secondary

#7A8ECB

accent

#6AE542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A2C

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

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