#BD9D2F#BD9D2F

#BD9D2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.129 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D2F
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 0.56, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 58.42, 89.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0045 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.129 92)
XYZ	xyz(33.5582, 35.1400, 7.7039)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D2F #2F4FBD

analogous

#BD562F #BD9D2F #96BD2F

triadic

#BD9D2F #2FBD9D #9D2FBD

tetradic

#BD9D2F #2FBD56 #2F4FBD #BD2F96

square

#BD9D2F #2FBD56 #2F4FBD #BD2F96

split-complementary

#BD9D2F #2F96BD #562FBD

monochromatic

#5B4C17 #8C7423 #BD9D2F #D5B855 #E1CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD9D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BD9D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D2F

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D2F	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.129 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b96f',
    500: '#bd9d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d2f;
$custom-light: #d5b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70595,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.35138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D2F

secondary

#7E8FCA

accent

#68E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D2F

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

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