#BD9C2C#BD9C2C

#BD9C2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.130 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C2C
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 0.97, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 59.26, 89.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0036 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.13 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3313, 34.7797, 7.3399)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C2C #2C4DBD

analogous

#BD532C #BD9C2C #95BD2C

triadic

#BD9C2C #2CBD9C #9C2CBD

tetradic

#BD9C2C #2CBD53 #2C4DBD #BD2C95

square

#BD9C2C #2CBD53 #2C4DBD #BD2C95

split-complementary

#BD9C2C #2C95BD #532CBD

monochromatic

#5A4A15 #8B7320 #BD9C2C #D6B850 #E2CC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD9C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BD9C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C2C

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C2C	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.130 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86e',
    500: '#bd9c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c2c;
$custom-light: #d5b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70368,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C2C

secondary

#7A8CCB

accent

#68E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C2C

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

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