#BD9C31#BD9C31

#BD9C31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.127 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C31
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 1.19, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 57.42, 88.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0025 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.127 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4310, 34.8195, 7.8651)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C31 #3152BD

analogous

#BD5631 #BD9C31 #98BD31

triadic

#BD9C31 #31BD9C #9C31BD

tetradic

#BD9C31 #31BD56 #3152BD #BD3198

square

#BD9C31 #31BD56 #3152BD #BD3198

split-complementary

#BD9C31 #3198BD #5631BD

monochromatic

#5C4C18 #8C7424 #BD9C31 #D4B658 #E0CB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD9C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BD9C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C31

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C31	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)

#AE9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.127 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b870',
    500: '#bd9c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c31;
$custom-light: #d5b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70402,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C31

secondary

#8091CA

accent

#6BE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C31

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

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