#BD9D30#BD9D30

#BD9D30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.128 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D30
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 0.60, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 58.04, 89.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0042 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.128 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5786, 35.1482, 7.8114)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D30 #3050BD

analogous

#BD5730 #BD9D30 #97BD30

triadic

#BD9D30 #30BD9D #9D30BD

tetradic

#BD9D30 #30BD57 #3050BD #BD3097

square

#BD9D30 #30BD57 #3050BD #BD3097

split-complementary

#BD9D30 #3097BD #5730BD

monochromatic

#5B4C17 #8C7424 #BD9D30 #D4B856 #E0CC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD9D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BD9D30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D30

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D30	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)

#AF9B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.128 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b970',
    500: '#bd9d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d30;
$custom-light: #d5b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70602,
    "c": 0.12797,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D30

secondary

#7F90CA

accent

#69E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D30

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

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