#BD9D2D#BD9D2D

#BD9D2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.130 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D2D
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 0.47, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 59.14, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.005 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.13 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5188, 35.1243, 7.4963)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D2D #2D4DBD

analogous

#BD552D #BD9D2D #95BD2D

triadic

#BD9D2D #2DBD9D #9D2DBD

tetradic

#BD9D2D #2DBD55 #2D4DBD #BD2D95

square

#BD9D2D #2DBD55 #2D4DBD #BD2D95

split-complementary

#BD9D2D #2D95BD #552DBD

monochromatic

#5A4B15 #8C7421 #BD9D2D #D6B852 #E1CC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD9D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BD9D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D2D

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D2D	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)

#AF9B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.130 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b96e',
    500: '#bd9d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d2d;
$custom-light: #d5b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70582,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D2D

secondary

#7B8DCB

accent

#67E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D2D

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

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