#BD9B2F#BD9B2F

#BD9B2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.127 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B2F
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 1.64, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 57.93, 88.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0014 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.127 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2226, 34.4688, 7.5921)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B2F #2F51BD

analogous

#BD542F #BD9B2F #98BD2F

triadic

#BD9B2F #2FBD9B #9B2FBD

tetradic

#BD9B2F #2FBD54 #2F51BD #BD2F98

square

#BD9B2F #2FBD54 #2F51BD #BD2F98

split-complementary

#BD9B2F #2F98BD #542FBD

monochromatic

#5B4B17 #8C7323 #BD9B2F #D5B655 #E1CB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BD9B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B2F

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B2F	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)

#AD991D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.127 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86f',
    500: '#bd9b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b2f;
$custom-light: #d5b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70181,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B2F

secondary

#7E90CA

accent

#6BE344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B2F

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

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