#BD9C39#BD9C39

#BD9C39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.121 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C39
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, 1.59, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 54.24, 88.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0004 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.122 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6151, 34.8932, 8.8346)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C39 #395ABD

analogous

#BD5A39 #BD9C39 #9CBD39

triadic

#BD9C39 #39BD9C #9C39BD

tetradic

#BD9C39 #39BD5A #395ABD #BD399C

square

#BD9C39 #39BD5A #395ABD #BD399C

split-complementary

#BD9C39 #399CBD #5A39BD

monochromatic

#5F4E1D #8E752B #BD9C39 #D0B563 #DECB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BD9C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BD9C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C39

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C39	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)

#AD9A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.121 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b875',
    500: '#bd9c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c39;
$custom-light: #d5b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70466,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C39

secondary

#8999C9

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C39

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

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