#BD9A31#BD9A31

#BD9A31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.126 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A31
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 2.27, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 56.95, 87.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0006 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.126 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0982, 34.1539, 7.7542)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A31 #3154BD

analogous

#BD5431 #BD9A31 #9ABD31

triadic

#BD9A31 #31BD9A #9A31BD

tetradic

#BD9A31 #31BD54 #3154BD #BD319A

square

#BD9A31 #31BD54 #3154BD #BD319A

split-complementary

#BD9A31 #319ABD #5431BD

monochromatic

#5C4B18 #8C7224 #BD9A31 #D4B558 #E0CA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD9A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BD9A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A31

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A31	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)

#AC9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.126 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b770',
    500: '#bd9a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a31;
$custom-light: #d5b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6999,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A31

secondary

#8092CA

accent

#6DE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A31

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

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