#BD9B32#BD9B32

#BD9B32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.126 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B32
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 50)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 1.77, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 56.80, 88.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.0007 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.126 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2852, 34.4939, 7.9218)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B32 #3254BD

analogous

#BD5632 #BD9B32 #9ABD32

triadic

#BD9B32 #32BD9B #9B32BD

tetradic

#BD9B32 #32BD56 #3254BD #BD329A

square

#BD9B32 #32BD56 #3254BD #BD329A

split-complementary

#BD9B32 #329ABD #5632BD

monochromatic

#5C4C18 #8D7325 #BD9B32 #D3B559 #E0CB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BD9B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B32

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B32	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)

#AD9922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.126 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b871',
    500: '#bd9b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b32;
$custom-light: #d5b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70203,
    "c": 0.12559,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B32

secondary

#8193CA

accent

#6CE146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B32

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

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