#BD9C27#BD9C27

#BD9C27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.132 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C27
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 0.78, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 60.97, 89.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0047 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.132 92)
XYZ	xyz(33.2429, 34.7443, 6.8745)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C27 #2748BD

analogous

#BD5127 #BD9C27 #93BD27

triadic

#BD9C27 #27BD9C #9C27BD

tetradic

#BD9C27 #27BD51 #2748BD #BD2793

square

#BD9C27 #27BD51 #2748BD #BD2793

split-complementary

#BD9C27 #2793BD #5127BD

monochromatic

#584812 #8A721D #BD9C27 #D9B948 #E4CD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD9C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BD9C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C27

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C27	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.132 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86b',
    500: '#bd9c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c27;
$custom-light: #d5b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70337,
    "c": 0.13237,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.34742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C27

secondary

#7487CC

accent

#64E93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C27

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

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