#BD9C29#BD9C29

#BD9C29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.131 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C29
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 78.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 0.85, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 60.30, 89.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0043 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.131 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2769, 34.7579, 7.0536)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C29 #294ABD

analogous

#BD5229 #BD9C29 #94BD29

triadic

#BD9C29 #29BD9C #9C29BD

tetradic

#BD9C29 #29BD52 #294ABD #BD2994

square

#BD9C29 #29BD52 #294ABD #BD2994

split-complementary

#BD9C29 #2994BD #5229BD

monochromatic

#584913 #8B721E #BD9C29 #D8B94B #E3CC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD9C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BD9C29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C29

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C29	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)

#AE9A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.131 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86c',
    500: '#bd9c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c29;
$custom-light: #d5b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.622,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70349,
    "c": 0.13134,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C29

secondary

#7789CB

accent

#66E740

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C29

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

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