#BD9A2E#BD9A2E

#BD9A2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.127 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A2E
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 2.13, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 58.07, 87.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0001 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.127 90)
XYZ	xyz(33.0369, 34.1294, 7.4318)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A2E #2E51BD

analogous

#BD532E #BD9A2E #98BD2E

triadic

#BD9A2E #2EBD9A #9A2EBD

tetradic

#BD9A2E #2EBD53 #2E51BD #BD2E98

square

#BD9A2E #2EBD53 #2E51BD #BD2E98

split-complementary

#BD9A2E #2E98BD #532EBD

monochromatic

#5B4A16 #8C7222 #BD9A2E #D5B553 #E1CA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD9A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BD9A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A2E

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A2E	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC981B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.127 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b76f',
    500: '#bd9a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a2e;
$custom-light: #d5b76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69968,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.34127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A2E

secondary

#7C8FCA

accent

#6BE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A2E

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

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