#BD9C30#BD9C30

#BD9C30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.127 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C30
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 1.14, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 57.80, 88.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0027 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.127 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4101, 34.8112, 7.7552)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C30 #3051BD

analogous

#BD5530 #BD9C30 #98BD30

triadic

#BD9C30 #30BD9C #9C30BD

tetradic

#BD9C30 #30BD55 #3051BD #BD3098

square

#BD9C30 #30BD55 #3051BD #BD3098

split-complementary

#BD9C30 #3098BD #5530BD

monochromatic

#5B4B17 #8C7424 #BD9C30 #D4B756 #E0CC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD9C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BD9C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C30

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C30	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)

#AE9A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.127 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b870',
    500: '#bd9c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c30;
$custom-light: #d5b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70395,
    "c": 0.12739,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C30

secondary

#7F90CA

accent

#6AE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C30

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

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