#BD9D22#BD9D22

#BD9D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.135 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D22
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 0.07, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 62.76, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0071 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.135 93)
XYZ	xyz(33.3339, 35.0503, 6.5227)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D22 #2242BD

analogous

#BD4F22 #BD9D22 #8FBD22

triadic

#BD9D22 #22BD9D #9D22BD

tetradic

#BD9D22 #22BD4F #2242BD #BD228F

square

#BD9D22 #22BD4F #2242BD #BD228F

split-complementary

#BD9D22 #228FBD #4F22BD

monochromatic

#55470F #897219 #BD9D22 #DDBC40 #E6CE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD9D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BD9D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D22

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D22	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.135 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b969',
    500: '#bd9d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d22;
$custom-light: #d6b969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.613,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70518,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.35048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D22

secondary

#6E82CD

accent

#60EC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D22

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

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