#BD9B34#BD9B34

#BD9B34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.124 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B34
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, 1.87, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 56.02, 88.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0002 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.124 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3293, 34.5115, 8.1540)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B34 #3456BD

analogous

#BD5634 #BD9B34 #9BBD34

triadic

#BD9B34 #34BD9B #9B34BD

tetradic

#BD9B34 #34BD56 #3456BD #BD349B

square

#BD9B34 #34BD56 #3456BD #BD349B

split-complementary

#BD9B34 #349BBD #5634BD

monochromatic

#5D4C1A #8D7427 #BD9B34 #D2B55C #DFCB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BD9B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B34

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B34	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)

#AD9925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.124 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b872',
    500: '#bd9b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b34;
$custom-light: #d5b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70219,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B34

secondary

#8395CA

accent

#6EE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B34

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

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