#BD9C35#BD9C35

#BD9C35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.124 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C35
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 1.38, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 55.87, 88.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0015 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.124 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5192, 34.8548, 8.3296)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C35 #3556BD

analogous

#BD5835 #BD9C35 #9ABD35

triadic

#BD9C35 #35BD9C #9C35BD

tetradic

#BD9C35 #35BD58 #3556BD #BD359A

square

#BD9C35 #35BD58 #3556BD #BD359A

split-complementary

#BD9C35 #359ABD #5835BD

monochromatic

#5D4D1A #8D7528 #BD9C35 #D2B65D #DFCB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BD9C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BD9C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C35

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C35	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#AD9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.124 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b873',
    500: '#bd9c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c35;
$custom-light: #d5b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70433,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C35

secondary

#8495CA

accent

#6DDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C35

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

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