#BD9B2E#BD9B2E

#BD9B2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.128 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B2E
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 1.59, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 58.30, 88.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0016 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.128 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2027, 34.4608, 7.4870)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B2E #2E50BD

analogous

#BD532E #BD9B2E #97BD2E

triadic

#BD9B2E #2EBD9B #9B2EBD

tetradic

#BD9B2E #2EBD53 #2E50BD #BD2E97

square

#BD9B2E #2EBD53 #2E50BD #BD2E97

split-complementary

#BD9B2E #2E97BD #532EBD

monochromatic

#5B4A16 #8C7322 #BD9B2E #D5B653 #E1CB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BD9B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B2E

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B2E	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)

#AD991B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.128 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86f',
    500: '#bd9b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b2e;
$custom-light: #d5b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70175,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B2E

secondary

#7C8FCA

accent

#6AE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B2E

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

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