#BD9C36#BD9C36

#BD9C36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.124 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C36
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 1.43, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 55.47, 88.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0012 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.124 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5424, 34.8641, 8.4520)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C36 #3657BD

analogous

#BD5836 #BD9C36 #9BBD36

triadic

#BD9C36 #36BD9C #9C36BD

tetradic

#BD9C36 #36BD58 #3657BD #BD369B

square

#BD9C36 #36BD58 #3657BD #BD369B

split-complementary

#BD9C36 #369BBD #5836BD

monochromatic

#5E4D1B #8D7528 #BD9C36 #D1B55F #DFCB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BD9C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BD9C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C36

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C36	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)

#AD9A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.124 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b873',
    500: '#bd9c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c36;
$custom-light: #d5b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70441,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C36

secondary

#8596C9

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C36

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

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