#BD9D2C#BD9D2C

#BD9D2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.130 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D2C
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 0.43, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 59.50, 89.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0052 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.13 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4998, 35.1166, 7.3961)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D2C #2C4CBD

analogous

#BD552C #BD9D2C #94BD2C

triadic

#BD9D2C #2CBD9D #9D2CBD

tetradic

#BD9D2C #2CBD55 #2C4CBD #BD2C94

square

#BD9D2C #2CBD55 #2C4CBD #BD2C94

split-complementary

#BD9D2C #2C94BD #552CBD

monochromatic

#5A4B15 #8B7420 #BD9D2C #D6B950 #E2CD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD9D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BD9D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D2C

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D2C	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)

#AF9B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.130 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b96e',
    500: '#bd9d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d2c;
$custom-light: #d5b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.759,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70575,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D2C

secondary

#7A8CCB

accent

#66E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D2C

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

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