#BD9B2A#BD9B2A

#BD9B2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.130 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B2A
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 1.43, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 59.73, 88.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0025 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.13 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1275, 34.4308, 7.0910)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B2A #2A4CBD

analogous

#BD512A #BD9B2A #96BD2A

triadic

#BD9B2A #2ABD9B #9B2ABD

tetradic

#BD9B2A #2ABD51 #2A4CBD #BD2A96

square

#BD9B2A #2ABD51 #2A4CBD #BD2A96

split-complementary

#BD9B2A #2A96BD #512ABD

monochromatic

#594914 #8B721F #BD9B2A #D7B74D #E3CB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BD9B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B2A

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B2A	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.130 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86d',
    500: '#bd9b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b2a;
$custom-light: #d5b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.122,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70148,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B2A

secondary

#788BCB

accent

#67E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B2A

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

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