#BD9D2A#BD9D2A

#BD9D2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.131 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D2A
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 42)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 0.35, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 60.20, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0056 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.131 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4631, 35.1020, 7.2029)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D2A #2A4ABD

analogous

#BD542A #BD9D2A #93BD2A

triadic

#BD9D2A #2ABD9D #9D2ABD

tetradic

#BD9D2A #2ABD54 #2A4ABD #BD2A93

square

#BD9D2A #2ABD54 #2A4ABD #BD2A93

split-complementary

#BD9D2A #2A93BD #542ABD

monochromatic

#594A14 #8B731F #BD9D2A #D7B94D #E3CD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD9D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BD9D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D2A

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D2A	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)

#AF9B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.131 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b96d',
    500: '#bd9d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d2a;
$custom-light: #d5b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.939,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70563,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D2A

secondary

#788ACB

accent

#65E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D2A

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

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