#BD9C22#BD9C22

#BD9C22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.135 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C22
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, 0.61, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 62.53, 89.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0056 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.135 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1654, 34.7133, 6.4666)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C22 #2243BD

analogous

#BD4E22 #BD9C22 #90BD22

triadic

#BD9C22 #22BD9C #9C22BD

tetradic

#BD9C22 #22BD4E #2243BD #BD2290

square

#BD9C22 #22BD4E #2243BD #BD2290

split-complementary

#BD9C22 #2290BD #4E22BD

monochromatic

#55460F #897119 #BD9C22 #DDBB40 #E6CE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD9C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BD9C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C22

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C22	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.135 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b869',
    500: '#bd9c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c22;
$custom-light: #d6b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.226,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7031,
    "c": 0.13473,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C22

secondary

#6E82CD

accent

#61EC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C22

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

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