#BD9C2B#BD9C2B

#BD9C2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.130 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C2B
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 0.93, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 59.61, 89.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0038 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.13 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3127, 34.7722, 7.2421)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C2B #2B4CBD

analogous

#BD532B #BD9C2B #95BD2B

triadic

#BD9C2B #2BBD9C #9C2BBD

tetradic

#BD9C2B #2BBD53 #2B4CBD #BD2B95

square

#BD9C2B #2BBD53 #2B4CBD #BD2B95

split-complementary

#BD9C2B #2B95BD #532BBD

monochromatic

#594A14 #8B7320 #BD9C2B #D7B84E #E2CC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD9C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BD9C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C2B

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C2B	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)

#AE9A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.130 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86d',
    500: '#bd9c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c2b;
$custom-light: #d5b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.438,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70361,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C2B

secondary

#798BCB

accent

#67E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C2B

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

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