#BD9C38#BD9C38

#BD9C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.122 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C38
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 1.53, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 54.65, 88.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0007 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.122 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5904, 34.8833, 8.7045)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C38 #3859BD

analogous

#BD5938 #BD9C38 #9BBD38

triadic

#BD9C38 #38BD9C #9C38BD

tetradic

#BD9C38 #38BD59 #3859BD #BD389B

square

#BD9C38 #38BD59 #3859BD #BD389B

split-complementary

#BD9C38 #389BBD #5938BD

monochromatic

#5F4E1C #8E752A #BD9C38 #D0B562 #DECB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BD9C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BD9C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C38

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C38	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.122 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b874',
    500: '#bd9c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c38;
$custom-light: #d5b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70458,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C38

secondary

#8798C9

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C38

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

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