#BD9B30#BD9B30

#BD9B30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.127 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B30
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 1.68, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 57.56, 88.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0012 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.127 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2430, 34.4770, 7.6995)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B30 #3052BD

analogous

#BD5530 #BD9B30 #99BD30

triadic

#BD9B30 #30BD9B #9B30BD

tetradic

#BD9B30 #30BD55 #3052BD #BD3099

square

#BD9B30 #30BD55 #3052BD #BD3099

split-complementary

#BD9B30 #3099BD #5530BD

monochromatic

#5B4B17 #8C7324 #BD9B30 #D4B656 #E0CB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BD9B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B30

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B30	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD991F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.127 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b870',
    500: '#bd9b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b30;
$custom-light: #d5b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70189,
    "c": 0.12683,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B30

secondary

#7F91CA

accent

#6BE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B30

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

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