#BD9B29#BD9B29

#BD9B29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.131 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B29
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 78.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 1.39, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 60.07, 88.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0027 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.131 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1098, 34.4237, 6.9979)
Luminance	0.3442 (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

#BD9B29 #294BBD

analogous

#BD5129 #BD9B29 #95BD29

triadic

#BD9B29 #29BD9B #9B29BD

tetradic

#BD9B29 #29BD51 #294BBD #BD2995

square

#BD9B29 #29BD51 #294BBD #BD2995

split-complementary

#BD9B29 #2995BD #5129BD

monochromatic

#584913 #8B721E #BD9B29 #D8B84B #E3CC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BD9B29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B29

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B29	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)

#AD9911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.131 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86c',
    500: '#bd9b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b29;
$custom-light: #d5b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70142,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B29

secondary

#778ACB

accent

#67E740

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B29

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

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