#BD9B22#BD9B22

#BD9B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.134 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B22
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 1.15, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 62.31, 88.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0041 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.134 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9983, 34.3791, 6.4109)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B22 #2244BD

analogous

#BD4D22 #BD9B22 #91BD22

triadic

#BD9B22 #22BD9B #9B22BD

tetradic

#BD9B22 #22BD4D #2244BD #BD2291

square

#BD9B22 #22BD4D #2244BD #BD2291

split-complementary

#BD9B22 #2291BD #4D22BD

monochromatic

#55460F #897019 #BD9B22 #DDBA40 #E6CD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD9B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BD9B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B22

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B22	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A22A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.134 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b869',
    500: '#bd9b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b22;
$custom-light: #d6b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.839,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70103,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B22

secondary

#6E83CD

accent

#62EC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B22

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

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