#BD9C2A#BD9C2A

#BD9C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.131 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C2A
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 0.89, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 59.96, 89.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0041 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.131 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2946, 34.7650, 7.1467)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C2A #2A4BBD

analogous

#BD532A #BD9C2A #94BD2A

triadic

#BD9C2A #2ABD9C #9C2ABD

tetradic

#BD9C2A #2ABD53 #2A4BBD #BD2A94

square

#BD9C2A #2ABD53 #2A4BBD #BD2A94

split-complementary

#BD9C2A #2A94BD #532ABD

monochromatic

#594914 #8B731F #BD9C2A #D7B84D #E3CC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD9C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BD9C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C2A

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C2A	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)

#AE9A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.131 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86d',
    500: '#bd9c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c2a;
$custom-light: #d5b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70355,
    "c": 0.13081,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C2A

secondary

#788ACB

accent

#66E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C2A

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

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