#BD9B2C#BD9B2C

#BD9B2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.129 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B2C
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 1.51, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 59.03, 88.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0021 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.129 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1642, 34.4454, 7.2842)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B2C #2C4EBD

analogous

#BD522C #BD9B2C #96BD2C

triadic

#BD9B2C #2CBD9B #9B2CBD

tetradic

#BD9B2C #2CBD52 #2C4EBD #BD2C96

square

#BD9B2C #2CBD52 #2C4EBD #BD2C96

split-complementary

#BD9B2C #2C96BD #522CBD

monochromatic

#5A4A15 #8B7220 #BD9B2C #D6B750 #E2CB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BD9B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B2C

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B2C	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)

#AD9917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.129 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86e',
    500: '#bd9b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b2c;
$custom-light: #d5b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.931,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70161,
    "c": 0.12916,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B2C

secondary

#7A8DCB

accent

#69E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B2C

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

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