#BD9C33#BD9C33

#BD9C33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.126 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C33
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 1.28, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 56.65, 88.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.002 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.126 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4741, 34.8368, 8.0924)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C33 #3354BD

analogous

#BD5733 #BD9C33 #99BD33

triadic

#BD9C33 #33BD9C #9C33BD

tetradic

#BD9C33 #33BD57 #3354BD #BD3399

square

#BD9C33 #33BD57 #3354BD #BD3399

split-complementary

#BD9C33 #3399BD #5733BD

monochromatic

#5D4C19 #8D7426 #BD9C33 #D3B65B #E0CB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD9C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BD9C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C33

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C33	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.126 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b871',
    500: '#bd9c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c33;
$custom-light: #d5b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70417,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C33

secondary

#8293CA

accent

#6CE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C33

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

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