#BD9B27#BD9B27

#BD9B27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.132 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B27
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 1.32, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 60.74, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0031 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.132 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0758, 34.4101, 6.8187)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B27 #2749BD

analogous

#BD5027 #BD9B27 #94BD27

triadic

#BD9B27 #27BD9B #9B27BD

tetradic

#BD9B27 #27BD50 #2749BD #BD2794

square

#BD9B27 #27BD50 #2749BD #BD2794

split-complementary

#BD9B27 #2794BD #5027BD

monochromatic

#584812 #8A711D #BD9B27 #D9B848 #E4CC7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BD9B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B27

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B27	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#AD990C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A32E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.132 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86b',
    500: '#bd9b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b27;
$custom-light: #d5b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7013,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B27

secondary

#7488CC

accent

#66E93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B27

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

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