#BD9C2E#BD9C2E

#BD9C2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.129 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C2E
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 1.05, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 58.54, 88.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0032 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.129 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3698, 34.7951, 7.5427)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C2E #2E4FBD

analogous

#BD542E #BD9C2E #96BD2E

triadic

#BD9C2E #2EBD9C #9C2EBD

tetradic

#BD9C2E #2EBD54 #2E4FBD #BD2E96

square

#BD9C2E #2EBD54 #2E4FBD #BD2E96

split-complementary

#BD9C2E #2E96BD #542EBD

monochromatic

#5B4B16 #8C7322 #BD9C2E #D5B753 #E1CC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD9C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BD9C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C2E

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C2E	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)

#AE9A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.129 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86f',
    500: '#bd9c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c2e;
$custom-light: #d5b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70381,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C2E

secondary

#7C8ECA

accent

#69E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C2E

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

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