#BD9C2D#BD9C2D

#BD9C2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.129 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C2D
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 1.01, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 58.90, 89.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0034 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.129 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3503, 34.7873, 7.4401)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C2D #2D4EBD

analogous

#BD542D #BD9C2D #96BD2D

triadic

#BD9C2D #2DBD9C #9C2DBD

tetradic

#BD9C2D #2DBD54 #2D4EBD #BD2D96

square

#BD9C2D #2DBD54 #2D4EBD #BD2D96

split-complementary

#BD9C2D #2D96BD #542DBD

monochromatic

#5A4A15 #8C7321 #BD9C2D #D6B752 #E1CC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD9C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BD9C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C2D

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C2D	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)

#AE9A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.129 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86e',
    500: '#bd9c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c2d;
$custom-light: #d5b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70375,
    "c": 0.12916,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C2D

secondary

#7B8DCB

accent

#68E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C2D

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

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