#BD9A2F#BD9A2F

#BD9A2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.127 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A2F
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 2.18, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 57.70, 87.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0001 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.127 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0569, 34.1373, 7.5368)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A2F #2F52BD

analogous

#BD532F #BD9A2F #99BD2F

triadic

#BD9A2F #2FBD9A #9A2FBD

tetradic

#BD9A2F #2FBD53 #2F52BD #BD2F99

square

#BD9A2F #2FBD53 #2F52BD #BD2F99

split-complementary

#BD9A2F #2F99BD #532FBD

monochromatic

#5B4A17 #8C7223 #BD9A2F #D5B555 #E1CA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD9A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BD9A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A2F

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A2F	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)

#AC981D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.127 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b76f',
    500: '#bd9a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a2f;
$custom-light: #d5b76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69975,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A2F

secondary

#7E90CA

accent

#6CE344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A2F

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

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