#BD9D29#BD9D29

#BD9D29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.132 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D29
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 78.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 0.31, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 60.54, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0058 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.132 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4454, 35.0949, 7.1098)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D29 #2949BD

analogous

#BD5329 #BD9D29 #93BD29

triadic

#BD9D29 #29BD9D #9D29BD

tetradic

#BD9D29 #29BD53 #2949BD #BD2993

square

#BD9D29 #29BD53 #2949BD #BD2993

split-complementary

#BD9D29 #2993BD #5329BD

monochromatic

#584913 #8B731E #BD9D29 #D8BA4B #E3CD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD9D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BD9D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D29

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D29	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.132 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b96c',
    500: '#bd9d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d29;
$custom-light: #d5b96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70556,
    "c": 0.13192,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D29

secondary

#7789CB

accent

#65E740

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D29

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

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