#BD9A2D#BD9A2D

#BD9A2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.128 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A2D
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 2.09, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 58.44, 87.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0003 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.128 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0175, 34.1216, 7.3292)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A2D #2D50BD

analogous

#BD522D #BD9A2D #98BD2D

triadic

#BD9A2D #2DBD9A #9A2DBD

tetradic

#BD9A2D #2DBD52 #2D50BD #BD2D98

square

#BD9A2D #2DBD52 #2D50BD #BD2D98

split-complementary

#BD9A2D #2D98BD #522DBD

monochromatic

#5A4915 #8C7221 #BD9A2D #D6B652 #E1CA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD9A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BD9A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A2D

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A2D	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)

#AC981A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.128 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b76e',
    500: '#bd9a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a2d;
$custom-light: #d5b76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69961,
    "c": 0.12805,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A2D

secondary

#7B8FCB

accent

#6AE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A2D

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

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