#BD9C2F#BD9C2F

#BD9C2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.128 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C2F
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 1.10, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 58.17, 88.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0029 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.128 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3897, 34.8030, 7.6478)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C2F #2F50BD

analogous

#BD552F #BD9C2F #97BD2F

triadic

#BD9C2F #2FBD9C #9C2FBD

tetradic

#BD9C2F #2FBD55 #2F50BD #BD2F97

square

#BD9C2F #2FBD55 #2F50BD #BD2F97

split-complementary

#BD9C2F #2F97BD #552FBD

monochromatic

#5B4B17 #8C7423 #BD9C2F #D5B755 #E1CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD9C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BD9C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C2F

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C2F	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)

#AE9A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.128 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86f',
    500: '#bd9c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c2f;
$custom-light: #d5b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.056,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70388,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C2F

secondary

#7E8FCA

accent

#69E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C2F

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

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