#BD9B31#BD9B31

#BD9B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.126 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B31
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 1.73, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 57.18, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.0009 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.126 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2639, 34.4853, 7.8094)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B31 #3153BD

analogous

#BD5531 #BD9B31 #99BD31

triadic

#BD9B31 #31BD9B #9B31BD

tetradic

#BD9B31 #31BD55 #3153BD #BD3199

square

#BD9B31 #31BD55 #3153BD #BD3199

split-complementary

#BD9B31 #3199BD #5531BD

monochromatic

#5C4B18 #8C7324 #BD9B31 #D4B558 #E0CB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BD9B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B31

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B31	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)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.126 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b870',
    500: '#bd9b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b31;
$custom-light: #d5b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70196,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B31

secondary

#8092CA

accent

#6CE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B31

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

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